Saint Cyriacus, ca. 1509 – 1510

Title

Saint Cyriacus

Painter

• Mathis Gothart Nithart called Grünewald

Altar

Stationary Wings of the Heller Altarpiece with Sts. Lawrence and Cyriacus

Backside

Column (fragment, upper half); verso of HM 37

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on fir

Material

• fir

Technique

• mixed technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Im Buch ein teilweise ergänzter, aber prinzipiell originaler Text eines Exorzismus: AVC[TORITA]TE D[OMI]NI N[OST]RI IH[ES]V XPI[STI] EXORCEO TE P[ER] ISTA TRIA NO[M]I[N]A EDXAI EBON TI GRA[M]MATON IN NO[M]I[N]E P[AT]RIS ET FILII ET SP[IRIT]VS S[AN]CTI AMEN

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten links an der Sockelkante (vermutlich getreue Kopie einer Inschrift auf dem Rahmen): · S · CIRIACVS ·

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• permanent loan

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Leihgabe des Historischen Museums

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

On permanent loan from Historisches Museum Frankfurt since 1922

Genre

• altarpiece
• depiction of a saint
• literary representation
• historical narration

Main Motif

• Saint Cyriacus
• Artemia
• man
• woman

Persons Shown

• Cyricus (saint)
• Artemia

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Master of Flémalle
• Jakob Heller
• Devil
• Diocletian (Roman emperor)

Illustrated Passage

• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984, S. 562, 563

Primary

• 11H(CYRIACUS)51 St. Cyriacus of Rome as exorcist: he delivers the daughter of emperor Diocletian, Artemia, from the possession by a devil; he reads from his book and winds his stole round her neck

Secondary

• 48A9831 foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament