MKMLING (Hans)
(before 1430-1495)
19-20. — Two Wings of a Triptych with Portraits of the Donors
On the left wing, an old woman kneeling-, dressed in black with a while kerchief over her head, her hands folded in prayer, behind, stands her patron saint, holding an open book in her right hand, her left being placed on the shoulder of the old lady. The background consists of a minutely finished landscape enriched on the left by a castle surrounded by water, and a draw-bridge, on which are two men; in the distance a fortified castle and its buildings.
On the right wing, a Jiian kneeling, dressed in black, holding an open prayer-book with both hands. Behind stands his patron saint, dressed in a black mantle, steel helmet, end gatntlcts. He holds in his right hand a long lance,' to the upper end of which is fixed a banner, and lays his left hand on the shoulder of the donor.
Panel, each, 32 12 in. by 10 i 4 in. Exhihit^*d at Manchester, 18.S7. Descril^ed i^i Crowe and Cavalcaselle, p. 26.5. Mentioned by Conway, page (p. liurjrcr, « 'Presors d'art exposes a Manchester », p. i6r. I'rom the Collection of S. Ko','-ers, Ur>().
— the Rt. Hon. Lord Lyveden (Vernon Smith).
— Hon, Ci. R. Vernon.
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