European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Saint Eligius's Mother Told of Her Son's Future Fame Section of an altarpiece; companion panels are in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (A732); a private collection, England; and an unknown location Made in Verona, Italy, Europec. 1397-1400 Attributed to Martino da Verona (Martino di Alberto), Italian, died 1412, Verona Tempera and tooled gold on panel with horizontal grain * Gallery 208, European Art 1100-1500, second floor Inv. 3024 John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
LabelThe room on the right shows the basic elements of a late medieval bedroom: a hooded fireplace and complicated structure for a bed with its own walls, shelf, and bench chests. The sleeping figure on the left appears in a similar structure, itself set in an alcove.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
