Two panels from a movable wing of a winged altarpiece
c. 1480
Pine, tempera
St. Catherine of Alexandria. Feast-day side of an altarpiece wing
Inv. 55.45
81.5 x 29.5 cm; (with frame) 91 x 38.5 cm
The panel painted on both sides originally belonged to the movable wing of a winged altarpiece, along with its companion panel (55.44 [45]). The depictions of St. Catherine and St. Barbara occupied the feast-day side of the wing, while Gabriel and the scene showing Mary receiving the Lord’s message adorned the workday side. The two panels had been framed together with the panel catalogued number 54.2 in the Christian Museum to form an antependium at the time they were discovered by Kornél Divald in the parish church of Bát. Because of their new role as part of the antependium, the panels had been trimmed so their height matched that of the altar stone. The master responsible for the work may have been a member of the workshop named for the St. Nicholas Altar in Jánosrét.
Provenance:
Roman Catholic church of Bát(?) The panels showing St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Barbara (55.44, 55.55) were framed together with another panel of St. Catherine of Alexandria (54.2). They were assigned a new function as an antependium in their new location in the church of Bát. Their original place of usage, however, is unknown. They were purchased by Prince Primate János Csernoch in 1916.
Restoration:
Mária Laurentzy, 1974-75
Bibliography
Henszlmann Imre: Úti jegyzetek. In: Archeológiai Értesítő XII (1878), 248. – Divald Kornél: Magyarország csúcsíveskori szárnyasoltárai I-II. Budapest 1909-1911, itt: II. 23-25, 21-26 old. – Divald Kornél: Bars és Hont vármegyei kutatások Múzeumi és Könyvtári Értesítő V (1911) 163. – Gerevich Tibor: A régi magyar festészet a prímási képtárban. Az Újság 1916. júl 14. – Gerevich-1916 553. – Lepold-Homor-1924, 96. – Divald Kornél: Magyarország Művészeti emlékei. Bp. 1927, 133, 135. – Gerevich-1928, 212. – Péter András: A magyar művészet története. Bp. 1930 I. 118. – Genthon-1932, 61. – Gerevich Tibor: A magyar művészet szelleme. In: Mi a magyar?, ed.: Szekfű Gyula, Budapest, 1939, 443. – Genthon-1948, 31-32. – Radocsay-1955b, 106, 276-277. – Mucsi András: A báti képek ikonográfiája, in: Annales Strigoniensis 1 (1960), 11. – Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964, 130-131. – Mucsi-1975 12-13
The panel painted on both sides originally belonged to the movable wing of a winged altarpiece, along with its companion panel (55.44 [45]). The depictions of St. Catherine and St. Barbara occupied the feast-day side of the wing, while Gabriel and the scene showing Mary receiving the Lord’s message adorned the workday side. The two panels had been framed together with the panel catalogued number 54.2 in the Christian Museum to form an antependium at the time they were discovered by Kornél Divald in the parish church of Bát. Because of their new role as part of the antependium, the panels had been trimmed so their height matched that of the altar stone. The master responsible for the work may have been a member of the workshop named for the St. Nicholas Altar in Jánosrét.
Provenance:
Roman Catholic church of Bát(?) The panels showing St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Barbara (55.44, 55.55) were framed together with another panel of St. Catherine of Alexandria (54.2). They were assigned a new function as an antependium in their new location in the church of Bát. Their original place of usage, however, is unknown. They were purchased by Prince Primate János Csernoch in 1916.
Restoration:
Mária Laurentzy, 1974-75
Bibliography
Henszlmann Imre: Úti jegyzetek. In: Archeológiai Értesítő XII (1878), 248. – Divald Kornél: Magyarország csúcsíveskori szárnyasoltárai I-II. Budapest 1909-1911, itt: II. 23-25, 21-26 old. – Divald Kornél: Bars és Hont vármegyei kutatások Múzeumi és Könyvtári Értesítő V (1911) 163. – Gerevich Tibor: A régi magyar festészet a prímási képtárban. Az Újság 1916. júl 14. – Gerevich-1916 553. – Lepold-Homor-1924, 96. – Divald Kornél: Magyarország Művészeti emlékei. Bp. 1927, 133, 135. – Gerevich-1928, 212. – Péter András: A magyar művészet története. Bp. 1930 I. 118. – Genthon-1932, 61. – Gerevich Tibor: A magyar művészet szelleme. In: Mi a magyar?, ed.: Szekfű Gyula, Budapest, 1939, 443. – Genthon-1948, 31-32. – Radocsay-1955b, 106, 276-277. – Mucsi András: A báti képek ikonográfiája, in: Annales Strigoniensis 1 (1960), 11. – Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964, 130-131. – Mucsi-1975 12-13
