The charity of Saint Nicholas. Oil painting.

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44808i
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The painting shows the charity of St Nicholas. The saint is shown standing on the right half of the picture holding in one hand money and in the other a crozier. He is giving dowries to the three unmarried women who sit sewing sheets on the left side of the painting. In the left background the sick father of the three women lies in bed

Physical description

1 painting : oil on wood ; wood 75 x 53 cm

Creator/production credits

Attribution to an 18th-century Spanish hand has been suggested (by Lorne Campbell, National Gallery, 2007)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 44808i

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