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There are two related panels, painted on both sides, in the Hungarian National Gallery which once were the wings of an altarpiece dedicated to St Martin and St Nicholas. One of the wings represents St Martin and the Beggar (outer side) and the Sermon of St Martin oin Albenga (inner side). The other wing depicts St Nicholas and the Daughters of the Nobleman in Pataria (outer side) as well as the scene St Nicholas Resurrects Three Deads.
The story in which Bishop St Nicholas throws in three golden balls as dowry to the room of the three daughters of an impoverished nobleman is the most frequently depicted scene of the legend of St Nicholas.
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