Portrait of Abbot Nicholas à Spira
In 1543, Nicholas à Spira (1510-1568) was elected abbot of the abbey of the Norbertine Order at Grimbergen in the southern Netherlands (modern Belgium). He commissioned an altarpiece with his portrait on one wing and that of his patron saint, St. Nicholas, (37.2615) on the ot...
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Abbey of Grimbergen, Brabant, 1563-late 18th century; de Malherbe Collection, Valenciennes; Sale, October 17-18, 1883, no. 46; Comte Jacques de Béraudière, Paris; Sale, Cabinet Foucart, October 10-12, 1898, no. 65; de Somzée Collection; Sale, Brussels, May 24, 1904, no. 565; Henry Walters, Baltimore, ca. 1905 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/37.258 |
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oil on panel
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