Marriage of a Saint ("The Marriage of Henry VI")
Date: about 1475-1500
Dimensions:
37 1/4 x 34 7/8 in. (94.6 x 88.6 cm)
Medium: oil on wood panel
Place of Origin: Flanders
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1926.74
Label Text:Once owned by the famous English art collector and author Horace Walpole (1717-1797), when this painting entered the Museum's collection it was identified as a 16th-century French image of the marriage of English king Henry VI (ruled 1422-61). When a halo was discovered around the groom's head during a cleaning of the painting, the identification of the subject was changed to the marriage of a male saint; which saint specifically has not yet been determined. Research on costume and painting techniques, as well as an examination of the wood, suggest the panel was painted in late 15th-century Flanders (modern Belgium).
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