Detail View: The AMICA Library: Saint Barbara
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1942.633.2
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Master of the Holy Blood
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Netherlandish
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1751 - 1829
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Master of the Holy Blood
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Title:
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Saint Barbara
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1520
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Creation Start Date:
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1515
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Creation End Date:
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1525
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Materials and Techniques:
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tempera on panel
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Dimensions:
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Framed: 91cm x 34.5cm x 5.5cm, Unframed: 86.3cm x 29.2cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1942.633.2
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of John L. Severance
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Claude A. C. Ponsonby (Sale, London, Christie's, March 28, 1908, both for £735--to Mori--)J. H. Donn (Dunn), (Bacri, Paris)John L. Severance, Cleveland
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Context:
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St. Catherine holds the sword with which she was martyred. St. Barbara holds a book that alludes to her scholarly pursuits, and a ring symbolizing her union with God. According to legend, the leather thongs with which she was beaten before her marytrdom were transformed into peacock plumes.The two paintings were originally the wings of an altarpiece flanking a central panel, now lost, that may have depicted the Holy Family. The identity of the artist is unknown-- he is named for a painting in the Chapel of the Holy Blood, Bruges.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1942.633.2.TIF
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