Portinari Altarpiece | work by Goes (original) (raw)
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characteristic portrayal of flowers
In floral decoration: Middle Ages …open centre panel of the Portinari Altarpiece by the Flemish painter Hugo van der Goes is an illustration of this type of arrangement. Metal ewers often held Madonna lilies (Lilium candidum), as in the 15th-century painting The Annunciation by Rogier van der Weyden (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Read More
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In Hugo van der Goes …triptych usually known as the Portinari Altarpiece (c. 1474–76) with a scene called The Adoration of the Shepherds on the centre panel. It was commissioned by Tommaso Portinari, agent for the Medici in Bruges, who is portrayed with his family on the wings. One of the greatest of the early… Read More
In Renaissance: Artistic developments and the emergence of Florence …masterpieces of Northern Renaissance art, The Portinari Altarpiece, by Hugo van der Goes (c. 1476; Uffizi, Florence), was commissioned by their agent, Tommaso Portinari. Instead of being painted with the customary tempera of the period, the work is painted with translucent oil glazes that produce brilliant jewel-like colour and a… Read More
