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The left and right panels of a triptych. Left panel: Saint Catherine, crowned and holding a sword, presenting a female donor in a black habit edged with fur, before a landscape with buildings on a rocky crag. The donor's arms, held by a young boy, are in a tree above. Right panel: Saint Barbara, wearing a martyr's crown and holding a peacock's feather, presenting a female donor, a young woman in a dark red gown, behind whom are two small girls before a walled town. The donor's arms are carried by an angel above. Reverse: Forming the outer surface of the triptych when closed, painted in grisaille in the form of a niche with a parapet, and within it, on an entwined ribbon, the following inscription of the memento mori type: 'VOS.QVI.TRANSITIS.
Title
Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara with Donors
Date
c.1500
Medium
oil on panel
Measurements
H 89.9 x W 26 cm
Accession number
1957.510
Acquisition method
purchased from the National Art Collections Fund, 1957
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
artist's inscription : : verso : Latin inscription : VOS QVI TRANSITIS NOSTRE MEMORES ROGO SITIS QVOD SVMVS HOC / ERITIS FVIMVS QUA[N]DOQVE QVOD ESTIS / COGITA / MORI
