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Pilgrims at the tomb of Saint Nicholas in Bari (Gentile da Fabriano, c. 1425, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).The Basilica houses one of the most noteworthy Romanesque sculptural works of southern Italy, a cathedra (bishop's throne) finished in the late eleventh century for Elias.
As it was widely known that all Nicholas's relics were at Myra in their sealed sarcophagus, it was rare during this period for forgers of relics to claim to possess those belonging to Saint Nicholas. [64] A solemn bronze statue of the saint by Russian sculptor Gregory Pototsky was donated by the Russian government in 2000, and was given a ...
The set of Six statues from the Church of St. Nicholas in Cheb is one of the finest and oldest works created by the local carving workshop in Cheb in the 1480s-90s. The statues are of similar height and may have been part of one or more Gothic altarpieces. [1]
Ceiling fresco. St. Nicholas Church is an ancient East Roman basilica church in the ancient city of Myra, now a museum located in modern Demre, Antalya Province, Turkey.It was built above the burial place of Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century Christian bishop of Myra, [1] [2] an important religious figure for Eastern Orthodox Christians and Roman Catholics and the historical inspiration for Santa ...
The Church of St Nicholas is the Roman Catholic parish church of Siġġiewi, Malta, dedicated to Nicholas of Bari.It was built in the late 17th century and it took over the function of an older parish church which was located elsewhere in the village and which now lies in ruins.
They are made by the stonemason Paul of Levoča in the early 16th century. Other sculptures of worshiping angels are on the sides of the tabernacle. There is the Virgin Mary with Baby Jesus in her arms in the middle of the altar, on her right there is a sculpture of Saint Nicholas and to the left a statue of Saint Adalbert (sv. Vojtech in ...
The Neo-Baroque monument to the Russian ruler Nicholas I was designed by the French-born architect Auguste de Montferrand in 1856. When he planned the registration of Saint Isaac's Square, the uniform architectural ensembles of the Palace Square (in 1843) and the Senate Square had already been finished (in 1849).
The altar has a 15th-century polychrome stone statue of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, attributed to Niccolò di Giovanni, atop a funerary monument. The saint's tomb lies in the crypt. The frescoes appear to have been completed within a few decades of the saint's death in 1305. Chapel of the Sante Braccia (Holy Arms)