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Northern Early Modern
Diptychs and Triptychs
“Flemish painting will, generally speaking, please the devout better
than any painting of Italy, which will never cause him to shed a tear,
whereas that of Flanders will cause him to shed many…. It will
appeal to women, especially the very old and the very young, and
also to monks and nuns and to certain noblemen who have no sense
of true [artistic] harmony.
In Flanders they paint with a view to deceiving sensual vision….
They paint stuffs and masonry, the grass of the fields , the shadows
of trees, and rivers….which they call landscapes…. And all this
though it pleases some persons, is done without reason or art,
without symmetry or proportion, without skill, selection or boldness,
and finally without substance or vigor. And I do not speak so ill of
Flemish painting because it is all bad, but because it attempts to do
so many things well, that it does none well.”
The Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin, oil on panel, 1426
Western “Royal” portal , Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France, 12th ce
Diptychs and
Triptychs
Bibaut Diptych Master of the Magdalen and Anon. French artist,
1523, oil on panels
[verso]Bibaut diptych
Maarten van Nieuwenhove diptych by Hans Memling, 1487, oil on panel
Maarten van Nieuwenhove diptych by Hans Memling, 1487, oil on panel
Maarten van Nieuwenhove diptych by Hans Memling, 1487, oil on panel
The Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin, oil on panel, 1426
(exterior wings)Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, oil on panel, 1473 - 78
(exterior wings)Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, oil on panel, 1473 - 78
Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, oil on panel, 1473 - 78
Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, oil on panel, 1473 - 78
(detail of landscape)Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der
Goes, oil on panel, 1473 - 78
Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, oil on panel, 1473 - 78
detail of still life in Portinari Altarpiece
Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, oil on panel, 1473 - 78
detail of angels in Portinari Altarpiece
detail of demon in Portinari Altarpiece
Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, oil on panel, 1473 - 78
