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Saint Nicholas
Taddeo Crivelliabout 1469
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Saint Nicholas, bishop of the 300s, holds in his hands the three gold balls with which he performed one of his legendary acts of charity. By providing dowries for the three daughters of a poor man, the saint saved the young women from lives of prostitution.
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Details
- Title: Saint Nicholas
- Creator: Taddeo Crivelli
- Date Created: about 1469
- Location Created: Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 10.8 × 7.9 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
- Type: Folio
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 83.ML.109.178v
- Culture: Italian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. Ludwig IX 13, fol. 178v
- Creator Display Name: Taddeo Crivelli (Italian, died about 1479, active about 1451 - 1479)
- Classification: Manuscripts (Documents)
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