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St. Margaret in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007

St. Margaret in the Cloisters, Sept. 2007
Saint Margaret
Pine with metal appliques and traces of gesso and polychromy
Workshop of Michael Pacher
Austria, South Tirol, Bruneck, now Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige), ca. 1470-1480
From the parish church of Saint Margaret im Dorf, Neustift, near Brixen

Accession # 63.13.2

According to her legend, Saint Margaret was imprisoned for refusing to marry the governor of Antioch. Satan appeared to her in the form of a dragon, swallowing her as she clutched a cross in prayer; she then ripped open his belly with the cross and emerged unscathed. A cross may have been held in one of her now-missing hands; the vanquished dragon lays at her feet. This massive figure probably came from the central shrine of a large polychromed altarpiece.

Text from the Cloisters label.

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