A bearded man kneels before a bishop in front of a crowd gathered outside a church in this vertical painting. The people all have pale skin. The bishop is to our left, though he stands angled to our right on the church steps. His face is lined and his eyebrows furrowed as he looks into the distance to our right. He holds up one hand with the thumb and first two fingers extended. His tall, pointed white mitre hat is widely edged with gold and jewels. A saucer-sized gold medallion fastens the two sides of his long, gold brocade robe. Under that, he wears a brick-red garment over a white shirt…
Gallery mode Full size at the museum

Window mode follows your eyes with your camera, in this browser only: no picture or position leaves your device.

Episodes from the Life of a Bishop Saint

painter Master of Saint Giles (Franco-Flemish, active c. 1500)

and painter Anonymous Artist

c. 1500

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 61.5 x 47 cm (24 3/16 x 18 1/2 in.) ; overall (panel): 63.2 x 47.5 cm (24 7/8 x 18 11/16 in.) ; framed: 76.2 x 62.5 x 5.7 cm (30 x 24 5/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
Culture
Franco-Flemish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the National Gallery of Art