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These scenes come from a text written in twelfth century by an English monk called Eadmer, an early supporter of the idea that the Virgin was conceived without sin; they conclude in Helsinus Preaching the Celebration of the Feast of the Conception and (below) The French Canon restored to Life. The upper scene shows a violent shipwreck. Devils tear at the sails and break the mast. The English abbot Helsinus prays for salvation, while the crew throws excess cargo into the waves. A bishop saint appears; he stands upon the water and holds a scroll bearing words in Latin: ‘You will escape death if you celebrate the Feast of the Conception of the Virgin on the sixth day before the Ides of December.’ In the lower scene, devils drown a French canon in the river Seine as he returns from an adulterous liaison.
Title
Helsinus saved from a Shipwreck and A French Canon drowned by Devils
Date
1375-1400
Medium
Tempera on wood
Measurements
H 64 x W 27.8 cm
Accession number
NG4250.4
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by H.E. Luxmoore, 1927
Work type
Painting
