THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
The Master of the Holy Blood (first quarter of the 16th Century)
Details
The Master of the Holy Blood (first quarter of the 16th Century)
A Triptych: The Adoration of the Magi (centre panel), with Saint James presenting the Donor (left wing) and Saint Catherine of Alexandria presenting the Donor's Wife and two Daughters
inscribed with initials on the shields on the pries-dieu 'IR' and 'KM', presumably the donors' initials
on panel, shaped tops
centre panel 36¾ x 25 5/8in. (93.3 x 65.3cm.)
wings 36 1/8 x 10¼in. (91.8 x 26cm.)
A Triptych: The Adoration of the Magi (centre panel), with Saint James presenting the Donor (left wing) and Saint Catherine of Alexandria presenting the Donor's Wife and two Daughters
inscribed with initials on the shields on the pries-dieu 'IR' and 'KM', presumably the donors' initials
on panel, shaped tops
centre panel 36¾ x 25 5/8in. (93.3 x 65.3cm.)
wings 36 1/8 x 10¼in. (91.8 x 26cm.)
Provenance
with Ball, Berlin, 1925
Literature
M. J. Friedländer, Die Altniederländische Malerei, IX, Leyden, 1934, p. 152, no. 190
M. J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting, IX, ed. H. Pauwels, Leyden and Brussels, Part II, 1973, p. 118, no. 190, and pl. 191
M. J. Friedländer, Early Netherlandish Painting, IX, ed. H. Pauwels, Leyden and Brussels, Part II, 1973, p. 118, no. 190, and pl. 191