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Northern Europe

1450 – 1650

Saint Apollonia, Saint Dorothea of Cappadocia, and a Female Saint

Artist: Unknown
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These beautiful panels originally formed part of a high altarpiece by an unknown German artist in the church of Bassenheim, near Koblenz. Together with a number of other panels they would have been placed in a frame behind the altar of the church, flanking the centrepiece of a painted or carved Madonna and Child. This panel depicts three unmarried female saints. On the viewer‟s left is Apollonia, whose teeth were pulled when she was martyred, which is why she grips an extracted tooth with tongs; in the middle is Dorothy of Cappadocia with the basket of roses which the angel beside her delivered to her tormentor after her death, while on the left is an unidentified female saint carrying the palm of martyrdom. The other panel at Compton Verney shows three married female saints. On the left stands Mary Magdalene carrying the jar of ointment with which she anointed Christ‟s feet; in the centre is the mother of the Virgin Mary, Saint Anne (with the Virgin Mary as a child and the infant Jesus); to her left is Elizabeth of Hungary, who holds a loaf of bread and a jug of wine as symbols of her work for the sick and poor.

Details

Artist
Unknown
Title
Saint Apollonia, Saint Dorothea of Cappadocia, and a Female Saint
Date
About 1490
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
h x w: 1165 x 1060 mm
Reference
CVCSC:0194.N
Collection
Northern European
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