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Source Description
Apparently reacting to an event they have just witnessed, two priests engage in a heated conversation on the left, while on the right an ordinary citizen leans on his staff. They would have been some of the spectators at the foot of a Crucifixion, and their animation and typical 15th-century clothing would have added a sense of immediacy to the altar's central narrative. The Brussels altarpiece ( ) shows how such groups of figures were combined. The vigorous, angular body language of the spectators is characteristic of stylistic trends in Antwerp as opposed to the greater restraint more typical of workshops in Brussels.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
22041
label
Spectators from a Passion Altarpiece
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
22041
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Spectators from a Passion Altarpiece
description
Apparently reacting to an event they have just witnessed, two priests engage in a heated conversation on the left, while on the right an ordinary citizen leans on his staff. They would have been some of the spectators at the foot of a Crucifixion, and their animation and typical 15th-century clothing would have added a sense of immediacy to the altar's central narrative. The Brussels altarpiece ( ) shows how such groups of figures were combined. The vigorous, angular body language of the spectators is characteristic of stylistic trends in Antwerp as opposed to the greater restraint more typical of workshops in Brussels.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1490 (Late Medieval)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Wood
reliefs
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
41.5
height
33
depth
6
dimensionsRaw
16 5/16 x 13 x 2 3/8 in. (41.5 x 33 x 6 cm)
style
Gothic
Source extras
cul
Flemish
med
paint on wood (oak)
creator_ids
15361
collection_ids
MED
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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76a3f738ee03f7e6