Oil on panel, 220.5cm × 259.5 cm. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.
The Miraflores Altarpiece (or Triptych of the Virgin, or The Altar of Our Lady or the Mary Altarpiece) is a c. 1442-5 oil-on-oak wood panel altarpiece by the Early Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden, in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin since 1850.[1][2]
The altarpiece examines Mary's relationship with Christ at different stages of his life. The panels show, from left to right, a portrait of the Holy Family, a Pietà (the Virgin cradling the dead body of Jesus) and Christ's appearance to Mary—a chronological reading of the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus,[3] with Mary the focus of both wings.
It is notable for its use of colour, distinguished by its use of whites, reds and blues, and use of line—notably the line of Christ's body in the central panel—and, typically of van der Weyden, its emotional impact.[4]
Typical of triptychs from the period, the altarpiece is rich in religious symbolism; each panel is framed by a rounded arch with Gothic decorations in open tracery below and in the spandrel. Each is lined with highly detailed simulated relief sculptures, with complicated iconography.[5] The altarpiece influenced contemporary painters, especially in the use of symbolically decorated portals placed as imaginary reliefs in the framing arches. It informed works by Petrus Christus, Dirk Bouts[6] and Hans Memling.[7][8]
^Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. Prestel Verlag: Prestel Museum Guide, 1998. 47. ISBN 3-7913-1912-4
^"Der Miraflores-Altar". Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums). Retrieved 2024-04-22.
^Chipps Smith, 172
^Drees, 501
^Lane, 655
^Hand & Wolff, 44 & 46
^As well as a host of lesser, forgotten painters
^Chipps Smith, 174
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