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Collection Online as of June 4, 2023

St. Christopher, St. Erasmus, St. Barbara, and another female saint

c. 1424

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Austria, Salzburg

Tempera and gold on wood (oak)

Unframed: 39 x 10 cm (15 3/8 x 3 15/16 in.)

Delia E. Holden and L. E. Holden Funds 1941.68.c

Location

111 German and Austrian Gothic

Description

This small winged altarpiece, called a triptych, was undoubtedly made for private use. The donor and his wife are shown in the lower central scene kneeling before the Virgin, her mother Saint Anne, and the Christ child. Above is the Epiphany with the Three Kings presenting gifts to a tightly swaddled Christ.

Provenance
Baron Kuffner, Castle Diózeg, Hungary (1905). (Paul Drey, New York).
Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 453 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 65 archive.org
Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of Paintings. Pt. 1. European Paintings before 1500. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1974. Reproduced: fig. 3c, p.6 - 9
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 74 archive.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1941.68.c