Heilige Nicolaas redt de stad Myra van de hongersnood
1600 - 1610
Medium
paper
Dimensions
267; 95
About this artwork
height 267 mm x width 95 mm
Art Historical Context
**Heilige Nicolaas redt de stad Myra van de hongersnood** (Saint Nicholas Saves the City of Myra from Famine), created by Flemish artist Otto van Veen around 1600-1610, captures a legendary miracle of Saint Nicholas, the beloved 4th-century bishop and patron saint of children, sailors, and the needy. In the story, during a severe famine in Myra (modern-day Turkey), Nicholas prays for relief, and three ships laden with grain miraculously appear, saving the starving populace without depleting the ships' cargo. Van Veen, a prominent Antwerp painter and teacher of Peter Paul Rubens, often depicted...
About the Artist
Otto van Veen · 1556–1629
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