Altar to Saint Nicholas of Bari

Object Name: 
Altar to Saint Nicholas of Bari

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Object Name: 
Altar to Saint Nicholas of Bari
Place Made: 
Italy, Venice
Accession Number: 
69.3.38
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 65.7 cm, W: 61.8 cm, D: 21.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1630-1669
Credit Line: 
Gift of Hans Cohn
Primary Description: 
Altar to Saint Nicholas of Bari. Wood; opaque red and white glass. Cold-assembled, decorated. Portable wooden altar with colorless flat glass panels backed with fabric; cold-painted figure of Saint Nicholas; applied floral ornament of opaque red and white glass.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Cohn, Hans, Source
Henrich, Wilhelm, Source
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
red
opaque white glass
colorless
brown
Technique: 
assembling
decoration
Material: 
cloth
glass
wood
paint

Publications (2)

Chemical Analyses of Early Glasses (Volume 3) (2012) pp. 502, 683; BIB# 61154
Recent Important Acquisitions, 12 (1970) illustrated, p. 178, #44; BIB# AI97752