Master of Saint Giles

Literature

Collection catalogues
John Oliver Hand, Martha Wolff, Early Netherlandish painting, Washington; New York, 1986, pp. 162-176
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 140

Provenance

Chevalier Alexandre de Lestang-Parade, Aix-en-Provenance, by 1823
Count Melchoir de Lestang-Parade, Aix-en-Provence
sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 19-20 May 1882, nrs. 105, 106, as anonymous fifteenth century
Baron Etienne Martin de Beurnonville (died 1881), Paris
sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 21-22 May 1883, nrs. 43, 44, as Burgundian School, fifteenth century
M. Watel, Paris, 1883
Paris art market, by 1937
with Wildenstein and Co., Paris and New York, 1938-1946
purchased 1946 by Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York
gift 1952 by exchange to NGA

Iconclass

11H(REMIGIUS)41 St. Remigius baptizes Clovis, king of the Franks; perhaps a dove with a phial in its beak appears

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1952.2.15