Saint Barbara
c. 1520
- Medium
- tempera on wood panel
- Dimensions
- 86.3 × 29.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-112000
Saint Barbara holds both a book and a ring symbolizing her scholarly pursuits and union with God. According to legend, the leather thongs with which she was beaten were transformed into peacock plumes. This painting and one other in the collection (1942.633.1) were originally the wings of an altarpiece flanking a central panel, now lost, that may have depicted the Holy Family. The identity of this artist is unknown, but he is named for a painting in the Chapel of the Holy Blood in Bruges. Bruges flourished as an international commercial center through the 1400s and early 1500s. Among its resi…
Provenance
Severance, 1942.633.2
Registry history
- c. 1520 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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