Wednesday, March 30, 2011
What to say about this..
In the late nineteenth century, this triptych was associated with a group of stylistically related works and assigned to an artist called the Master of Flemalle, who was subsequently identified by some art historians as a documented artist named Robert Campin. Recently, however, experts have questioned this association and proposed that the triptych we now see was the work of several artists working within the workshop that created the stylistic cluster. Current opinion holds that the Annunciation was initially created a an independent panel, and a short time later expanded into a triptych with the addition of the side panels under the patronage of the donor in the foreground on the left. Finally, some time later in the 1430's, the figure of his wife was added behind him, presumably on the occasion of his marriage.
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