Saint Nicholas of Bari (Q3947722)
Label from: English (en)
genre:
religious art (Q2864737)
artist:
Carlo Crivelli (Q348024)
collection:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
location:
Cleveland Museum of Art (Q657415)
part of:
1472 Polyptych (Q3907484)
depicts:
Saint Nicholas (Q44269)
instance of:
painting (Q3305213)
catalog URL: https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.111
information from the Cleveland Museum of Art catalog
description: Saint Nicolas of Bari, patron saint of children, sailors, and travelers, and the prototype of Father Christmas, was bishop of Myra (Lycia) in Asia Minor during the AD 300s. His remains were said to have been taken to Bari in Italy during the 11th century. The saint is shown vested as bishop in an elaborately embroidered cope, fastened with a morse, and holding a crosier.
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