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Four scenes from the legend of St Elizabeth of Hungary
anoniem, c. 1500
- Artwork typepainting
- Object numberSK-A-2237
- Dimensionsheight 83 cm x width 61 cm x thickness 1.3 cm, height 82 cm x width 61 cm, depth 7.2 cm


Identification
Title
Four scenes from the legend of St Elizabeth of Hungary
Object type
Object number
SK-A-2237
Inscriptions / marks
- coat of arms, lower right, on the carriage: a lion rampant on a blue field
- inscription, below the scene: ‘hier wert va[n] andries coninc van ho[n]gheren Elisah noch ligghe[n]de inde wieghe opgheslaghe[n] de[n] ambasiate[n] van dueringhen voer een toecome[n]de bruijt haers jo[n]ghen heere[n]. En[de] binne[n] drie jare daer na sij ghecomen ghedeputeerde om S[int] Elizabeth te halen. Worden eerlijc ontfangen ghetracteert. Ende begift. Ende hebben die Eerwerdegh Elizabeth met groten scatte met hen ghevoert.’
- coat of arms, centre bottom: twig with a descending stem supporting two flowers and a heart, all in brown, flanked by the letters m d in red, on a gold field
- inscription, centre, on the gatehouse: Pres bor[c?]h
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Creation
Creation
painter: anoniem, Northern Netherlands
Dating
c. 1500
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Material
Dimensions
- height 83 cm x width 61 cm x thickness 1.3 cm
- height 82 cm x width 61 cm
- depth 7.2 cm
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Acquisition and rights
Acquisition
purchase 1906-12
Copyright
Provenance
…; sale, the widow of H.J. de Jong van Erp (†), G.H.C. Overman (†), Mr P.M. de Vogelaer (†) et al., Amsterdam (C.F. Roos), 20 November 1906 sqq., no. 50, fl. 100, to Monnikendam, for the museum{Copy RKD.}
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