In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Saint Barbara, wearing the crown of martyrdom, holds a miniature version of the tower in which she was imprisoned (for defending her virginity) and a chalice and Host, symbols of her involvement with the Christ's Last Rites. Mary Magdalene displays the alabaster jar from which she anointed Jesus. The postures and intricate naturalism of the figures' bodies recall works by contemporaneous German masters such as Martin Schongauer and the Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altar. This panel and the similar Saints John the Baptist and Jerome , also on this wall, were most likely wings of a triptych featuring a central Crucifixion scene.
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Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Barbara
Three Apostles with Cross-Cutter, Chalice and Book![Saint Barbara [left wing exterior]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/e8999858-d161-4e7d-83c6-f8ea5ebeeabc/full/!500,500/0/default.jpg)
Master of the Starck Triptych — Saint Barbara [left wing ext
Budapest Master — The Annunciation
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
anonymous — The Annunciation
Jan van Eyck — The Annunciation
French 15th Century — The Expectant Madonna with Saint Josep
Master of Frankfurt — Saint Anne with the Virgin and the Chr
Meester van het Salemer Altaar — Annunciation to the Virgin
Master ES — The Visitation
Virgin Mary