The oil on panel painting forms part of an altarpiece that was commissioned by the Abbot of Grimbergen (also called Nicholas). The two side panels include representations of St. Nicholas (illustrated here) to the left, and the abbot of Grimbergen to the right. The central panel has been lost. The backs of the side panels bear a representation of the Annunciation, with the Virgin and the Archangel Gabriel.
St. Nicholas is wearing a densely embroidered mitre, a cope probably made of damask, and an embroidered orphrey.
Walters Art Museum online catalogue (retrieved 11 March 2017).
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