St barbara holds a tower with a third window symbolizing the holy trinity. In the window is a chalice since the 15th century a common attribute of the saint. St barbara wears a sumptuous gold-brocaded dress with wide sleeves and a skirt with few large pleats. She wears a bonnet on her head. She wears a southern netherlandish festive costume. Cranach possibly was inspired from his voyage to the netherlands. Object Type: altarpiece, triptych. Genre: religious art. Date: between circa 1508 and circa 1509. Dimensions: height: 38 cm (14.9 in); width: 25 cm (9.8 in) (central). Medium: panel. Depicted People: Jesus, Saint Barbara, Catherine of Alexandria. Collection: Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister. Lucas Cranach d. Ä. - Housealtar of Count William II of Hessen - WGA05654
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