Niklaus und Klaubauf
This 1790 painting of St. Nicholas and Klaubauf
Niklaus und Klaubauf (Johann Michael Mettenleiter, 1790). This 1790 painting of St. Nicholas and Klaubauf, in which the evil helper Klaubauf attempts to put a child into a bag while St. Nicholas stands silently behind, is one of the earliest depictions of Nicholas’ evil helpers.