Rijksmuseum

Saint Nicholas Saving a Hanged Man

Date

c. 1470

Medium

panel, tempera

Institution

Rijksmuseum

The panel depicts one of the many miracles of Saint Nicholas, whose charity is still widely celebrated on 5 December. It was originally a predella (a small panel at the base of an altarpiece) that formed part of a triptych devoted to the saint in the church of Santo Spirito in Florence.

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