Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231)
Italian School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1500 - 1599
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
190 x 70 mm (7 ½ x 2 ¾ in)
Place of origin
Italy
Order this imageCollection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 1140188
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Saint Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231), Italian School, 16th century. The saint stands in a landscape, dressed in a black tunic with a red mantle, and a white wimple; she touches with her right hand the topmost of the crowns balanced on a book held in her left.
Provenance
acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum, until 1990, when returned to the care of the National Trust, and to which ownership was transferred in 2002
Credit line
Ham House, The Dysart Collection (purchased by HM Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Inscribed - Long Nun by German; on a later label: B/2744 Verso: Parchment label on back: 16; inscribed in blue ink on laid paper (crossed out): 84 (?); on a later label: B / 2744
Makers and roles
Italian School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to German School, artist
