Saint Nicolas of Myra

1470s

Italian 15th Century

Associated Names
Italian 15th Century

Artist

The image depicts a person standing. They hold a staff in their left hand and raise their right hand with two fingers extended. The person has facial features, short hair, and wears a robe with a large cloak over the shoulders. They wear an ornate headdress. Smaller figures to the left show reverence. The background has a simple patterned border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in red, sand, green, olive, and tan, on blue paper, laid down on a leather book cover

  • Credit Line

    Print Purchase Fund (Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.3 x 21.2 cm (11 9/16 x 8 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.63.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(P. & D. Colnaghi & Co, Ltd., London); purchased by NGA, 1979.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., February 1986.

Bibliography

1926

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.

Wikidata ID

Q65565473

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