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Barnebys HQ
Brahegatan 10
BOX 5038
114 37 Stockholm
All auctions / Miscellaneous / Antique inspired Triptych - Wood - 1950-1960 - Devotional Trifold
Renovated? It seems like you intended: A Renaissance Flemish-inspired devotional triptych, made in gilded wood and composed of three hinged panels. The images are prints. Magnificent devotional triptych of Flemish tradition, composed of a central panel and two side wings hinged by metal hinges. The composition depicts in the central panel the Virgin Mary enthroned or seated in a majestic architectural interior, holding the Child Jesus. Both are depicted with the characteristic gold halos of Christian iconography. The Child is associated with an open book, an element of important symbolic content within Netherlandish religious painting. The Virgin wears a wide mantle in reddish and pinkish tones, treated with abundant folds and with ornamental decoration along the edges. Her face bears the characteristic serene, contemplative, and slightly melancholic expression of the Madonnas of the late medieval Flemish tradition. The architectural background is formed by a refined structure of columns, pointed arches, and Gothic-inspired elements, creating a sort of loggia or sacred space open to the landscape. The use of architecture as a frame for the Virgin figure is one of the characteristic devices of Dutch painting of the 15th and 16th centuries. In the left wing appears a male donor kneeling in prayer. He is depicted within a similar architectural space, with a rear opening that allows a view of a landscape. The figure wears dark clothing and holds or stands beside a book, reinforcing the private and devotional character of the work. In the right wing a female figure appears accompanied by the Child, also integrated into Gothic-tinged architecture. The presence of both donors creates a visual dialogue with the Virgin and Child of the central panel and responds to a widespread tradition among Flemish artists of the 15th and 16th centuries: to represent the patron or owner of the work in prayer before the Virgin.
Estimate:£94.61
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