St. Dionysius

c. 1475/1500

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on panel

  • Credit Line

    Timken Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall size: 222 x 286.6 cm (87 3/8 x 112 13/16 in.)
    overall (Saint Dionysius, painted surface): 151.5 x 54.5 cm (59 5/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
    overall (Saint Dionysius, painted surface and frame): 221 x 71.1 cm (87 x 28 in.)
    overall (Saint Sebastian, painted surface): 151.3 x 54.7 cm (59 9/16 x 21 9/16 in.)
    overall (Saint Sebastian, painted surface and frame): 222 x 71.3 cm (87 3/8 x 28 1/16 in.)
    overall (Saint Barbara, painted surface): 150 x 54.7 cm (59 1/16 x 21 9/16 in.)
    overall (Saint Barbara, painted surface and frame): 222 x 71.3 cm (87 3/8 x 28 1/16 in.)
    overall (Saint Lawrence, painted surface): 151.5 x 54.5 cm (59 5/8 x 21 7/16 in.)
    overall (Saint Lawrence, painted surface and frame): 221 x 71.1 cm (87 x 28 in.)

  • Accession

    1960.6.30.1

Associated Artworks

Saint Barbara

Portuguese 15th Century

1475

Saint Sebastian

Portuguese 15th Century

1475

St. Lawrence

Portuguese 15th Century

1475

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Salomon [1852-1919], New York; (his estate sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 4-7 April 1923, 2nd day, no. 358, as by Spanish School, seventeenth century); T.R. Williams, New York;[1] sold to William R. Timken [1866-1949], New York; by inheritance to his widow, Lillian Guyer Timken [1881-1959], New York; bequest 1960 to NGA.
[1] "Salomon Sale, totaling $1,292,847, Third Largest in America." Art News 21 (14 April 1923): 4.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1923

  • "Salomon Sale, totaling $1,292,847, Third Largest in America." Art News 21 (14 April, 1923): 4.

  • "Salomon sale, totaling $1,292,847, Third Largest in America." Art News 21 (14 April 1923): 4.

1960

  • Canaday, John. "Flip of Coin Helps Divide Fortune In Art." New York Times 15 May (1960): 77.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 30, repro.

1990

  • Brown, Jonathan, and Richard G. Mann. Spanish Paintings of the Fifteenth through Nineteenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1990: 140-141, repro. 142-143.

Inscriptions

on the moldings above the painting, probably from the early 1900s: S. Dionisus; S. Sebastianus; S. Barba[r]a; S. Laurentius

Wikidata ID

Q20174160

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