Hugo van der Goes:
Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1480, oil on panel, 3’ 2 ¼” x 8’
(99 x 240 cm), Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany.
Portinari Altarpiece, c. 1475–76, oil on panel, center panel: 8 x 10’
(2.4 x 3 m), lateral panels: 8 x 5’ (2.4 x 1.5 m), Galleria degli Uf¿ zi,
Florence, Italy.Rogier van der Weyden:
Altarpiece of the Last Judgment, c. 1445–48, oil on panel, open:
7 x 18’ (2.1 x 5.4 m), Musée de l’Hôtel Dieu, Beaune, France.
Deposition, c. 1435, oil on panel, 7’ 2 ½” x 8’ 7” (220 x 262 cm), Museo
del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
Portrait of a Lady, c. 1460, oil on panel, 13 3/8 x 10 1/16”
(34 x 25.5 cm), Andrew W. Mellon Collection, National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C., USA.Harbison, The Mirror of the Artist.
Nuttall, From Flanders to Florence.
Snyder, Northern Renaissance Art.
- The artwork on altarpieces was usually commissioned. In what ways
would this possibly affect an artist’s work? - Despite a painting’s size, it can have minute detail. Name a small detail
in one of the works discussed in this lecture that you noticed that added
signi¿ cantly to the painting’s subject.
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