Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Saving a Shipwreck
Lateral panel of an altarpiece; companion panels are in the Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna (inv. no. 1177), and Sant'Agostino, Montepulciano
Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia), Italian (active Siena), first documented 1417, died 1482
Geography:
Made in Italy, Europe
Date:
1457Medium:
Egg tempera and tooled gold on panel with vertical grainDimensions:
20 1/2 × 16 5/8 × 1/2 -11/16 inches (52.1 × 42.2 × 1.2 -1.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
Inv. 723Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Made in Italy, Europe
Date:
1457Medium:
Egg tempera and tooled gold on panel with vertical grainDimensions:
20 1/2 × 16 5/8 × 1/2 -11/16 inches (52.1 × 42.2 × 1.2 -1.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 311, European Art 1100-1500, third floor
Accession Number:Inv. 723Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
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