Two panels from the movable wings of a winged altarpiece
1480-90
pine, tempera, gilt
St. Catherine of Alexandria’s dispute with scholars; on the reverse: Mary from the Annunciation. Detail from the left movable wing of a winged altarpiece
Inv. 55.83
66.5 x 54 cm
The panel was the companion to the painting showing the burning at the stake of the scholars converted by St. Catherine (55.84). This is corroborated by the presence on the reverse of each panel of elements that together form an Annunciation depiction.
Provenance:
Ipolyi Collection. ‘125. Female saint among scholars and a king seated on a throne (St. Catherine?). Early 16th c. Panel.’ (Lakatos-Balla 277). Some reports indicate the panels were acquired in the border region of Sáros and Szepes counties (?)
Bibliography
Új Magyar Sion II. 1871, 373. – Gerevich-1928, 212. – Gerevich-1930, 89. – Genthon-1948, 38. – Radocsay-1955b, 328. – Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964, 136, 209. – Mucsi-1975, 14, 40.
The panel was the companion to the painting showing the burning at the stake of the scholars converted by St. Catherine (55.84). This is corroborated by the presence on the reverse of each panel of elements that together form an Annunciation depiction.
Provenance:
Ipolyi Collection. ‘125. Female saint among scholars and a king seated on a throne (St. Catherine?). Early 16th c. Panel.’ (Lakatos-Balla 277). Some reports indicate the panels were acquired in the border region of Sáros and Szepes counties (?)
Bibliography
Új Magyar Sion II. 1871, 373. – Gerevich-1928, 212. – Gerevich-1930, 89. – Genthon-1948, 38. – Radocsay-1955b, 328. – Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964, 136, 209. – Mucsi-1975, 14, 40.
