Stock Photo - Scenes from the Life of Saint Andrew. Date: late 14th century; Geography: Made in Castile, Spain; Culture: Spanish; Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground; Dimensions: 78 1/4 in. x 39 3/4 in. x 2 1/8 in. x 15/16 in. (198.8 x 101 x 5.4 x 2.4 cm); Classification: Paintings-Panels; Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1925 / Inscription: Inscribed (in Spanish): (recto, center left) DIO LA SACA OS LA COSTI EL ADAM DORMI (God takes the bone from the sleeping Adam´s rib); (recto, center right) CRIO DIO AEBA DE LA COSTI EL [ADAM] (God creates Eve from [Adam´s] rib; (recto, bottom) INSENSA EL ANGEL / SANT ANDRES APOSTOL / INSENSA EL ANGEL (censing angel / Saint Andrew the Apostle / censing angel); (left to right, on donors´ scrolls, with their names) . . . AIS DAMIGO; ANOTRO [TR elided] FERANDES DE ANASTRO; MARTIN PERIS DE ANASTROELRA; (on donors´ books) OSE POR SANT ANDRES ROG (Saint Andrew prays for . . . ); (verso, top) SANT ANDRES ANDA PESCANDO LLAMA . . . CRISTO (Saint Andrew goes fishing, Christ calls . . . ); (verso, center) SANT ANDRES PEDRICA A LAS GENTES PAGANAS (Saint Andrew preaches to the pagan people); (verso, bottom left) BATISA SANT ANDRES (Saint Andrew baptizes); (verso, bottom right) ADORA EL RE EL IDOLO SANT ANDRES (the king adores the idol, Saint Andrew); Provenance: George Grey Barnard American, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania 1863-1938 New York, New York (until 1925)
