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The Mass of St Giles (© National Gallery, London)
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© National Gallery, London

The Mass of St Giles

Artist: Master of St Giles (active circa 1500)

Location: National Gallery

Date: about 1500

Materials: oil on panel

Dimensions: 61 x 45 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £10,000 (Total: £10,000)

Vendor: Trustees Edward Steinkopff

Review number: 851 (1933)

Provenance:
Lords Bessborough,Ward,Dudley

Description:
The saint officiates and raises the host, Charles Martel kneels at his side wearing La Sainte Couronne. An angel hovers holding a scroll. On the back of the panel is St Peter in grisaille. Part of a diptych or polyptich.

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