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As the Middle Ages progressed, altarpieces began to be commissioned more frequently. In Northern Europe, initially Lübeck and later Antwerp would develop into veritable export centres for the production of altarpieces, exporting to Scandinavia, Spain and northern France. [11]
The triptych altarpiece was installed at the high altar of the Wittenberg City Parish Church of St. Mary's in 1547, one year after Luther's death, and it is believed to be consecrated by Johannes Bugenhagen, who was the pastor at St. Mary's church in Wittenberg and a good friend of Martin Luther. [2]
According to Costantino D'Orazio, this possible mechanism denotes "a futuristic work, like the mobile altarpieces that were particularly fashionable in the 17th century". [32] However, Pietro C. Marani points out that the panel of La Vierge aux rochers conserved in London shows no trace of a hinge or hanging system that could confirm this ...
The twelve interior panels. This open view measures 5.2 m × 3.75 m (17.1 ft × 12.3 ft). [1] Closed view, back panels. The Ghent Altarpiece, also called the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (Dutch: De aanbidding van het Lam Gods), [A] is a very large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.
The left half of the painting depicts John the Baptist (the patron saint of the Order of Saint John) preaching to a crowd while pointing at Jesus, who stands close to the middle. The right half shows Saint George , a Saint George's Cross prominently displayed on his chest, slaying the dragon under the eyes of the princess.
It is gilded and painted wood standing at 167 cm high. The width of the middle measures at 252 cm, while each shutter is 125 cm. [1] Open view of the right wing. In the center of the altarpiece is the Crucifixion scene, with the Adoration of the Magi and the Entombment on the left and right respectively. [6]
St John Altarpiece, c. 1479, oil on oak panel, 173.6 × 173.7 cm (central panel), 176 × 78.9 cm (each wing), Memlingmuseum, Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges. The St John Altarpiece (sometimes the Triptych of the two Saints John or the Triptych of St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist) is a large oil-on-oak hinged-triptych altarpiece completed around 1479 by the Early Netherlandish master ...
The Passion of Christ is the most common subject in medieval altarpieces because of its importance to christians. It shows the sacrifice of Christ, commemorated in the Eucharist . The Nailloux altarpiece represents, from left to right: the Arrest , the Flagellation , the Crucifixion (main panel), the Entombment and the Resurrection of Christ.