Master of Frankfurt

St Barbara

Master of Frankfurt
St Barbara

c. 1510-1520 Visitabile tra Sala 7

Saint Barbara is recognisable by the tower where her father had her locked away after she converted to Christianity. Barbara wears colourful clothing embellished with gold embroidery and magnificent jewels. In her hand she holds an ostrich feather given to her by the Christ Child in a vision.

This painting belongs with the panel hanging to the left. Together they formed the side panels of an altarpiece that is now in Liverpool. The painter is an anonymous Antwerp artist known rather misleadingly as the Master of Frankfurt.

Dettagli tecnici

Master of Frankfurt
St Barbara

c. 1510-1520 Visitabile tra Sala 7

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Dettagli

Informazioni generali
Artista Master of Frankfurt
Titolo St Barbara
Data c. 1510-1520
Nome oggetto painting
Numero inventario 855
Visitabile tra Sala 7
Materiale e dettagli tecnici
Tecnica oil
Materiale panel
Dimensioni 158.7 x 70.8 cm

Origine

George Grenville, first Marquess of Buckingham, Stowe, before 1783, and his heirs; George Donaldson Gallery, London, before 1914; Walter von Pannwitz (1856-1920), Berlin, c.1914-1920; his widow, Cathalina von Pannwitz-Roth (1876-1959), Bennebroek and Heemstede, 1920-1940 (cat. 1926, no. 21); sold by her via W.A. Hofer to Hermann Göring, Berlin, 18 October 1940; Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit (inv. no. NK 2555); on loan to the Mauritshuis, 1948-1960; transferred, 1960

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This painting is part of the Netherlands Art Property Collection (‘NK collection’): objects that were stolen, seized or purchased during the Nazi regime. After the Second World War they were placed under the administration of the Dutch State. In recent decades, applications for restitution are taken into consideration again and some objects have been returned to the heirs of their rightful owners.

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