Gallery 311, European Art 1100-1500, third floor
Main Building
Gallery 311, European Art 1100-1500, third floor
Main Building
This panel came from a large altarpiece, called a retablo in Spanish, in the church of San Pablo in Palencia. It was originally part of the predella, or lower panel, of the retablo.
These two saints are part of a set of four saints who are early Christian martyrs, but they are presented in the guise of contemporary aristocrats. Only their attributes— the dragon for Margaret, and the knife for Bartholomew—identify them as these early martyrs.
Gallery 311, European Art 1100-1500, third floor
| Title: | Predella panel showing Saints Margaret and Bartholomew |
| Date: | c. 1450 |
| Artist: | Jaume Mateu (Spanish, documented 1402–1452) |
| Medium: | Tempera and tooled gold on panel |
| Dimensions: | 16 x 33 inches (40.6 x 83.8 cm) |
| Classification: | Paintings |
| Credit Line: | John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
| Accession Number: | Cat. 261 |
| Geography: | Made in Spain, Europe |
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Gallery 311, European Art 1100-1500, third floor
Main Building