Saint Nicholas Saving a Hanged Man

attributed to Zanobi di Jacopo Machiavelli, c. 1470

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.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3442
  • Dimensionsheight 22 cm x width 48 cm
  • Physical characteristicstempera on panel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Saint Nicholas Saving a Hanged Man

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3442

  • Description

    De heilige Nicolaas van Tolentino redt een gehangene van de galg. Tegen de galg staat een ladder. Links en rechts groepen van vier toekijkende soldaten. Links een ommuurde stad met een openstaande poort, rechts op de achtergrond een andere stad. Het paneel vormde waarschijnlijk de predella van een altaarstuk.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: attributed to Zanobi di Jacopo Machiavelli, Florence

  • Dating

    c. 1470

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    tempera on panel

  • Dimensions

    height 22 cm x width 48 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

  • Acquisition

    bequest 1941

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Cavaliere Ludovic de Spiridon (Rome), Amsterdam (F. Muller), 19 June 1928, no. 19, as École de Paolo Uccello (‘Miracle opéré par un saint moine’), fl. 9,500;{Copy RKD.} …; sale, Marczell von Nemes (Boedapest, Munich, Tutzing), Munich (F. Muller, P. Cassirer and H. Helbing), 16 June 1931 sqq., no. 12, as École de Paolo Uccello (‘Miracle opéré par un saint moine’), DM 2,600, to Robert Langton Douglas (1864-1951), Dublin, London and New York;{Copy Fondation Custodia, Paris, with incorrect measurements.} …; anonymous sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 17 November 1936 sqq., no. 5, as Paolo Uccello (‘Miracle de Saint Antoine’); …; from the dealer J. Goudstikker, fl. 2,400, to Julius Wilhelm Edwin vom Rath (1863-1940), Amsterdam;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 305 other objects, to the museum, 1941

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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