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St. Nicholas and the Three Boys in the Pickling Tub in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2021

St. Nicholas and the Three Boys in the Pickling Tub in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2021
Saint Nicholas with the Three Boys in the Pickling Tub

ca. 1500

South Netherlandish


Object Details

Title: Saint Nicholas with the Three Boys in the Pickling Tub

Date: ca. 1500

Culture: South Netherlandish

Medium: Oak

Dimensions: Overall: 42 1/2 x 20 x 15 1/2 in. (108 x 50.8 x 39.4 cm)

Classification: Sculpture-Wood

Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916

Accession Number: 16.32.193


According to popular legend, Saint Nicholas restored life to three youths who had been killed by a butcher and thrown into a pickling tub.


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/463794

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