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Canopy altar, Gdansk painter; canopy altars; Mary mother of Jesus Christ; Gdansk Pomeranian Voivodeship; medieval art; Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary Gdansk; Sródmiescie. Carved depictions in the body; canopy central part with plinth; four wings painted on one side — the inner wings narrower, with wider outer wings attached. Each wing divided horizontally into two quarters, enclosed in a painted frame of a narrow red band decorated with schematic flowers. The figure of the Madonna currently placed in the altar does not originate from this altar. Colours: vestments — predominance of light colours; reds with cool shades, light blue, olive green modeled with yellow, white, pink broken with purple. Flesh complexions modeled with warm pink and brown. Architecture in pink and white with accents of red and blue; green ground stripe. Haloes, robes' frames, crowns — gold. Gold plain background. Red frames with gilded, rosettes. Dated ca. 1430 various scholarly datings ca. 1410–after 1420, some specifying ca. 1425. Place of origin: Gdansk. Type: wing altar. Height 139.7 cm; width 162 cm., A carved wooden statue of a crowned woman holding a child stands on a carved wooden base in front of a folding painted altarpiece with hinged panels; the statue has draped robes with visible folds and a pale painted face and the child is seated on her arm. The altarpiece panels are framed in red and show multiple painted figures and scenes on gold backgrounds, including robed standing figures, groups of people in various poses, and architectural elements; the palette includes gold, red, green, blue, and pale flesh tones, with touches of black and brown in details and a gray background behind the entire piece.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A19_085

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

73.2Mo (5.0Mo) / 50.8cm x 36.1cm / 6000 x 4265 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Canopy altar Gdansk painter canopy altars Mary mother Jesus Christ Gdansk Pomeranian Voivodeship medieval art Church Blessed Virgin Mary Gdansk Sródmiescie Carved depictions body canopy central part plinth four wings painted side inner wings narrower wider outer wings attached wing divided horizontally two quarters enclosed painted frame narrow red band decorated schematic flowers figure Madonna currently placed altar originate Colours vestments predominance light colours reds cool shades light blue olive green modeled yellow white pink broken purple Flesh complexions modeled warm pink brown Architecture pink accents red blue green ground stripe Haloes robes frames crowns gold Gold plain background Red frames gilded rosettes Dated ca 1430 various scholarly datings ca 1410– 1420 specifying ca 1425 Place origin Gdansk Type Height 139.7 cm width 162 cm carved wooden statue crowned woman holding child stands carved wooden base front folding painted altarpiece hinged panels statue draped robes visible folds pale face child seated arm altarpiece panels framed multiple figures scenes gold backgrounds robed standing groups people various poses architectural elements palette includes green pale flesh tones touches black details gray background entire piece.