Saint Nicholas Saving a Hanged Man, Zanobi di Jacopo Machiavelli (attributed to), c. 1470

Saint Nicholas Saving a Hanged Man, Zanobi di Jacopo Machiavelli (attributed to), c. 1470

tempera on panel, h 22cm × w 48cm More details

The panel depicts one of the many miracles of Saint Nicholas, whose charity is still widely celebrated on 5 December. It was originally a redella (a small panel at the base of an altarpiece) that formed part of a triptych devoted to the saint in the church of Santo Spirito in Florence.