Episode 17 - A Changing Landscape
Workshop of Robert Campin, Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), ca. 1427–32
Oil on oak, overall (open): 25 3/8 x 46 3/8 in. (64.5 x 117.8 cm) (detail)
The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogier van der Weyden, Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin, c 1435 – 40
Oil and tempera on panel, 54 1/8 x 43 5/8 in (137.5 x 110.8 cm) (detail)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Rogier van der Weyden, The Miraflores Altarpiece (detail), c. 1442
Oil on panel, 28 x 17 in (71 x 43 cm)
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Giotto, St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, c. 1295-1300
Tempera and gold on panel, 123 in × 64 in (313 cm × 163 cm)
Louvre, Paris
Jan van Eyck, Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, 1430-1432
Oil on vellum on panel, 5 x 5 ¾ in (12.7 x 14.5 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Robert Campin , The Entombment, known as ‘The Seilern Triptych’, around 1425
Oil and goldleaf on panel, 23 1/2 x 37 in (48.9 x 93.9 cm)
The Courtauld Gallery, London
Gilt-leather wall hangings (part of a set), Dutch, c. 1650-70
Leather, silvered, painted and varnished, 96 x 211 in (244 x 536 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogier van der Weyden, The Beaune Altarpiece, c. 1445 - 50
Oil on oak, open dimensions 7 ft 2 in x 18 ft (220 x 548 cm)
Hospices de Beaune, France
Robert Campin or Jacques Daret, The Annunciation, c. 1420
Tempera (?) on oak, 24 x 25 in (61 x 63.7 cm)
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Workshop of Robert Campin, Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), ca. 1427–32
Oil on oak, overall (open): 25 3/8 x 46 3/8 in. (64.5 x 117.8 cm)
The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Habit said to have been worn by St. Francis of Assisi
Sanctuary of La Verna
Jan van Eyck, Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, 1430-1432
Oil on vellum on panel, 5 x 5 ¾ in (12.7 x 14.5 cm)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
from Noëlle L.W. Streeton, Perspectives on the Painting Technique of Jan Van Eyck: Beyond the Ghent Altarpiece, 2013
from Noëlle L.W. Streeton, Perspectives on the Painting Technique of Jan Van Eyck: Beyond the Ghent Altarpiece, 2013
Recommended Reading
Kenneth Bé, “Geological Aspects of Jan van Eyck’s Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata,” in J.R.J. van Asperen de Boer et al, Jan van Eyck: Two Paintings of Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1997
Marigene H. Butler, "An Investigation of the Philadelphia Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata," in J.R.J. van Asperen de Boer et al, Jan van Eyck: Two Paintings of Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1997
Renate Woudhuysen-Keller, "Aspects of Painting Techniques in the Use of Verdigris and Copper Resinate," Historical Painting Techniques, Materials, and Studio Practice, University of Leiden, 1995
Marika Spring, “New insights into the materials of fifteenth‑ and sixteenth‑century Netherlandish paintings in the National Gallery, London,” Heritage Science, 2017
Noëlle L.W. Streeton, Perspectives on the Painting Technique of Jan Van Eyck: Beyond the Ghent Altarpiece, 2013
The Frame Blog: Shuttered Altarpieces, December 1, 2021
https://theframeblog.com/tag/shuttered-altarpieces/