Saint Margaret

 

Křečov, Pilsen region, around 1500

 

Tempera on wood panel.

H: 114 cm / W: 30 cm

UMP 5122

 

Originally from St. Peter and Paul Church in Křečov, a village twenty-five kilometres north of Pilsen, the panel is painted on both sides (an unidentified saint is on the reverse side). The panels of Saints Margaret and Catherine were probably part of the winged altar.