around 1470/75, Artist: Hugo van der Goes
When closed, the “Diptych with the Fall of Man and Salvation” on its outer side (today split off) showed St. Genoveva in shades of grey as a stone sculpture in a niche. The grisaille technique lends the figure a certain three-dimensional character. St. Genoveva, Patron Saint of the city of Paris, is depicted with her attribute, a devil blowing out the candle.
Painting
Early Netherlandish
around 1470/75
Hugo van der Goes (um 1440 Gent - 1482 Rode Klooster bei Brüssel) - GND
oak wood
Overall: 33,8 cm × 22,9 cm
Framed: 41 cm × 30,5 cm × 4,5 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Gemäldegalerie, 5822b
Coll. Leopold William; Coll. Ambras
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