Art 335
Saints and Relics in Medieval Art
Week 12

Erik Inglis, Department of Art


Master of the St. Bartholomew Altar
Baptism of Christ
ca. 1500
oil on panel
Washington, D.C.
National Gallery

Hans Holbien the Younger
Body of the Dead Christ
in the Tomb

ca. 1545
oil on panel
Basel, Kunstmuseum

Master of St. Sebastian
Sebastian before Diocletian
late 15th C
oil on panel
St. Petersburg, Hermitage

Master of St. Sebastian
St. Sebastian Altar
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian

late 15th C
oil on panel
Philadelphia, Museum of Art

Master of St. Sebastian
St. Sebastian Altar
Sebastian Tended by St. Irene

late 15th C
oil on panel
Philadelphia, Museum of Art

Master of St. Sebastian
St. Sebastian Altar
Death of St. Sebastian

late 15th C
oil on panel
Philadelphia, Museum of Art

Netherlandish Manuscript
Hours of Catherine of Cleves
10, 000 Martyrs of St. Acacius

ca. 1440
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library
Ms. 945, folio 262

Albrecht Durer
Martyrdom of the 10, 000
1508 oil on panel
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum

Hans Memling
St. Ursula Shrine
before 1489
gilded and painted wood
Bruges, Sint-Janshospitaal

Hans Memling
St. Ursula Shrine
Martyrdom of St. Ursula

before 1489
oil on panel
Bruges, Sint-Janshospitaal

Tilman Riemenschneider
SS Christopher, Eustace & Erasmus
1495
lindenwood
New York, Cloisters Museum

Dieric Bouts
St. Erasmus Altar
Martyrdom of St. Erasmus

1458
oil on panel
Louvain, St. Peter's

Netherlandish Manuscript
Hours of Catherine of Cleves
Martyrdom of St. Erasmus

ca. 1440
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library
Ms. 945, folio 258

Jean Fouquet
Hours of Etienne Chevalier
Martyrdom of St. Apollonia

1452-60
parchment
Chantilly, Musee Conde

Netherlandish Manuscript
Hours of Catherine of Cleves
Saint Apollonia

ca. 1440
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library
Ms. 945, folio 304

Netherlandish Manuscript
Hours of Catherine of Cleves
Saint Agatha

ca. 1440
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library
Ms. 945, folio 305

The Limbourg Bothers
Belles Heures du Jean Duc de Berry
St. Catherine Bound to Column

ca. 1408
New York, Cloisters Museum
folio 17

The Limbourg Bothers
Belles Heures du Jean Duc de Berry
St Catherine Tended by Angels

ca. 1408
New York, Cloisters Museum
folio 17v

The Limbourg Bothers
Belles Heures du Jean Duc de Berry
Angels Destroying Wheel

ca. 1408
New York, Cloisters Museum
folio 18v

The Limbourg Bothers
Belles Heures du Jean Duc de Berry
St. Catherine Beheaded

ca. 1408
New York, Cloisters Museum
folio 19v

The Limbourg Bothers
Belles Heures du Jean Duc de Berry
St. Francis Stigmatized

ca. 1408
New York, Cloisters Museum
folio 171r

The Limbourg Bothers
Belles Heures du Jean Duc de Berry
Martyrdom of 11,000 Virgins

ca. 1408
New York, Cloisters Museum
folio 178v

The Limbourg Bothers
Belles Heures du Jean Duc de Berry
St. Agatha

ca. 1408
New York, Cloisters Museum
folio 179

The Limbourg Bothers
Belles Heures du Jean Duc de Berry
St. Jerome Tempted by Dancing Girls

ca. 1408
New York, Cloisters Museum
folio 186

The Limbourg Bothers
Belles Heures du Jean Duc de Berry
St. Paul the Hermit
Sees a Christian Tempted

ca. 1408
New York, Cloisters Museum
folio 191

Sano di Pietro
Initial "D" with St. Agatha
mid 15th C
antiphonary cutting
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art

French Manuscript
St. Agatha
(from "The Golden Legend")
ca. 14th C
parchment
San Marino
Ms.

English Manuscript
Queen Mary's Psalter
Scenes from Life of St. Agatha

ca. 14th C
parchment
London, British Library
Royal Ms.2B VII, folio 241v

English Manuscript
Queen Mary's Psalter
Scenes from Life of St. Agatha

ca. 14th C
parchment
London, British Library
Royal Ms.2B VII, folio 242v

English Manuscript
Queen Mary's Psalter
Scenes from Life of St. Catherine

ca. 14th C
parchment
London, British Library
Royal Ms.2B VII, folio 281

English Manuscript
Queen Mary's Psalter
Massacre of the Innocents

ca. 14th C
parchment
London, British Library
Royal Ms.2B VII, folio 281

Jean Bourdichon
Hours of Henry VII
Bathsheba

ca. 1500
parchment
Los Angeles, J.P. Getty Museum

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