A Medieval Devotional Painting Featuring Saint Anne, Saint Christopher with the Christ Child, and Saint Erasmus

Likely German or Austrian, 16th century or earlier, tempera and gold on oak panel, presented in a later antique gilt frame set within a hardwood frame with worn red velvet liner, bearing a later gallery plaque, a typed note and remants of a hand-written note are affixed to the verso of the panel.

Panel 6.5 x 5 1/8 in.; Frame dimensions 12.25 x 11 in.

From the Collection of the late Sue Tucker Briggs, Raleigh, North Carolina

This panel would likely have been part of a triptych or diptych commissioned for private reflection and prayer. A similar panel, featuring these three saints and part of a larger triptych, is in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Some possible later restoration - the young Christ's face appearing to be overpainted.

$500 - 1,000