Flemish Archive

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

The intersection of styles characterizes this small panel, in which Northern elements traceable to Rogier van der Weyden are conspicuously present, but so are certain Vincenzo Foppa influences, mainly in the physiognomy of some figures in the middleground, in the facial types and some solutions in the drawing that were to remain unaltered in Bergognone’s works of subsequent years.

Read More...

, ,

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (No Ratings Yet)
Loading...

The style of the Flemish painters, who brought with them the new technique of transparent oil painting, was adopted by the court of Castile in the second third of the fifteenth century. Among the pioneers of this style was Louis Alincbrot who painted the complex triptych depicting scenes from the life of Christ. The picture shows the central panel of the triptych which depicts Jesus Debating with the Doctors of the Church, The Road to Calvary, and in the background, The Crucifixion. The left panel depicts The Circumcision, while the on the right has a Pietà, with the sarcophagus for Christ’s burial in the background.

Read More...

, ,