Unknown Artist
St. Florian with Burning Church
15th-16th century
Physical Qualities
Wood, 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Saidie A. May
Object Number
1951.409
St. Florian of Noricum (now part of Austria), a soldier in the Roman army during the 4th century, converted to Christianity and suffered martyrdom by being thrown into a river with a stone tied to his neck. He is credited with having performed a number of miracles, including extinguishing the flames of a burning city by throwing a single bucket of water on the conflagration. As a result of this act, St. Florian is invoked for protection against fire.
Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1951; Baltimore Museum of Art on extended loan from Saidie A. May, 1933-1951; Saidie A. May, New York, NY, by purchase, 1927; Joseph Brummer, New York, NY, by purchase, 1926; Leon Leonardi, France, until 1926.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Saidie A. May Collection, BMA, 6 September 1972, to 22 November 1972.
Saidie A. May Collection (Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1972), 38, ill.
Artist
Unknown Artist
