# St Nicholas of Bari

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MATTEO di Giovanni](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera on wood, 43 x 25 cm

## Commentary

In a golden background, the saint is presented in a niche below a trilobed arc. In his left hand he holds a book, while in his right hand the three balls of gold, his iconographical attributions, This panel, and the similar panel depicting St Jerome \(Christian Museum, Esztergom\) belonged to an altarpiece, now dismembered.

## Related artworks

- [Annunciation with Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/annunciation-with-saints-rd0e4e472036617>)
- [Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/assumption-of-the-virgin-r2a2ce78b5878be>)
- [Assumption of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/assumption-of-the-virgin-rf159720ec6897b>)
- [Calling of Sts Peter and Andrew](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/calling-of-sts-peter-and-andrew-rfe585fef119aef>)
- [Madonna and Child with Angels and Cherubim](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-and-child-with-angels-and-cherubim-re7609b34878596>)
- [Madonna and Child with Six Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-and-child-with-six-saints-r01d4c76764241b>)
- [Madonna and Child with Sts Jerome, Catherine of Alexandria, and Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-and-child-with-sts-jerome-catherine-of-alexandria-and-angels-rbc508fb4a2781b>)
- [Madonna with Child and Two Angels \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-with-child-and-two-angels-detail-r2fa34947913c9a>)
- [Madonna with Child and Two Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-with-child-and-two-angels-r9ec3e45ed4e90b>)
- [Madonna with Child and Two Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/madonna-with-child-and-two-angels-rac1488ec462991>)
- [Massacre of the Innocents](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/massacre-of-the-innocents-r704efcdce9f2c2>)
- [St Bernardino Restoring a Child to Life](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/matteo-di-giovanni-rbe5c0ebc2bb905/st-bernardino-restoring-a-child-to-life-rf02e26c9a13d7d>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)