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Triptych by Rogier van der Weyden
The
Seven Sacraments Altarpiece
is a fixed-wing
triptych
by the
Early Netherlandish
artist
Rogier van der Weyden
and his workshop. It was painted from 1445 to 1450, probably for a church in
Poligny
(
Max J. Friedlander
claimed that it was commissioned by the Bishop Jean Chevrot),
[1]
and is now in the
Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
. It depicts the
seven sacraments
of the Roman Catholic Church. On the left panel are baptism, confirmation and confession and on the right hand panel the ordination of a priest, marriage and the last rites.
The central panel (possibly the only autograph part of the work) is dominated by a crucifixion in the foreground, with the sacrament of the Eucharist in the background. Angels hover over each sacrament with scrolls, with clothes colour-matched to the sacraments, from white for baptism to black for the last rites. The side panels also depict the altarpiece's commissioners, along with some portrait heads only added shortly before the work was completed. Two coats of arms (probably that of the commissioners) (left: "sable" chevron on "or" field; right: "argent" tower on "sable" field) are painted in the spandrels of the painting's inner frame.
See also
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References
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- ^
Friedlander, Max J.
From Van Eyck to Bruegel
. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1981 (reprint), 23.
Bibliography
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- Felix Thurlemann: Rogier van der Weyden: Leben und Werk, C.H. Beck Wissen 2006,
ISBN
3-406-53592-5
.
(in German)
- Flugelaltare : Caterina Limentani Virdis, Mari Pietrogiovanna, Munchen, Hirmer, 2002,
ISBN
3-7774-9520-4
.
(in German)
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