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This panel shows Saint Ursula, and was once the right-hand shutter of a three-part folding altarpiece made for Paul Withypool, an English merchant and courtier. The opposite shutter, also in the National Gallery’s collection, shows Saint Catherine, while the central panel (in Bristol Museums and Art Gallery) shows Withypool in prayer before the Virgin and Child. Ursula married a pagan prince on the condition that he convert to Christianity and allow her a pilgrimage to Rome. According to legend, she was accompanied by 11,000 virgins. On their return via Cologne they were all slaughtered by the Huns who were besieging the city, after Ursula refused to marry their leader. On the panel’s reverse are two cherubs holding a medallion containing an image of Saint Paul, the donor’s patron saint.
Title
Saint Ursula
Date
1514
Medium
Oil on wood
Measurements
H 84 x W 40 cm
Accession number
NG647
Acquisition method
Bought, 1860
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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Withypool Triptych, Virgin and Child with Saint Joseph and Donor Bristol Museum & Art Gallery -
Withypool Triptych, Saint Catherine of Alexandria Bristol Museum & Art Gallery -
Withypool Triptych, Saint Ursula Bristol Museum & Art Gallery -
Saint Ursula The National Gallery, London -
The Virgin and Child with Saint John The National Gallery, London -
Saint Catherine of Alexandria The National Gallery, London