Saint John the Baptist (left)
Master of the Legend of St Lucy (fl.1475-1505)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1475 - 1505
Materials
Oil on panel (oak)
Measurements
832 x 258 mm (32 3/4 x 10 1/8 in)
Place of origin
Netherlands
Order this imageCollection
Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446759.1
Caption
This picture was probably the left wing of a triptych, or a diptych, as it is now. It is joined with a corresponding panel depicting St. Catherine of Alexandria. St. John is shown in his customary hair shirt, on a rocky bank beside the River Jordan. In the background he can be seen baptising Christ. The artist’s name is taken from a painting, by the same hand, depicting the ‘Legend of St. Lucy’, dated 1480, in the church of St. Jacques, Bruges.
Summary
Oil painting on oak panel (left), Saint John the Baptist by the Master of the St Lucy Legend (fl.1475-1505). The left panel of St John, wearing a purple robe over a hair shirt, stands on a rocky bank beside the Jordan, facing right and gesturing with his right hand; in the background he is seen baptizing Christ; an attendant angel on the bank beside him; in the distance a town on a flat plain. This picture is probably the left wing of a triptych, or as joined here, a diptych, of which NT 446759.2 is the corresponding panel.
Provenance
Given with Upton House to the National Trust by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882 – 1948) shortly before his death
Credit line
Upton House, The Bearsted Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Master of the Legend of St Lucy (fl.1475-1505), artist
