Brand New!! Who Painted This? #39

Who painted this? #39

I've been deep inwards the depths of consulting alongside neighbours in addition to drafting my Residents' Association's response to a major planning application this week.  I've been longing to live exterior in addition to doing anything other than studying endless documentation in addition to drafting "planning speak".

This was non helped past times 'Word' going wonky in addition to needing to live uninstalled in addition to reinstalled.  Did y'all know at that spot are 25,000 files inwards Microsoft Word 2011 in addition to it takes hours to uninstall!

Anyway, here's this week's challenge.  This 1 was a consummate in addition to utter surprise to me.  It's a house I know good in addition to however I've never seen a ikon of it before,  Nor did I know that this creative someone had painted this house (which he has in addition to to a greater extent than than once) in addition to it's surely non the most obvious view.........

I've lightened the epitome I flora because it seemed equally good black in addition to over-saturated in addition to that only isn't the trend of this creative someone - in addition to y'all needed to encounter the trend because that's equally much assist equally you're getting!

For those who've non risen to the challenge earlier delight accept a infinitesimal to read the rules - encounter below.

How to participate inwards "Who painted this? #39"

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In short:

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Who Painted This #38 - The Answer

The Merode Altarpiece past times Robert Campin

• Title of the artwork: Merode Altarpiece (see a high resolution version here)
• Name of the creative someone who created this artwork: Robert Campin (the Master of Flemalle)
• Date it was created: c. 1425-1428
• Media used: Triptych, crude oil on wood, 119.8 x 148.5 cm (Center panel 25 1/4 x 24 7/8 in; Left fly 25 3/8 x 10 3/4 in.; Right fly 25 3/8 x eleven in.)
• Where it lives now: The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Here's a process for y'all - in addition to none of y'all spotted this rootage nearly Kampin on the Khan Academy Smart History website or this YouTube celluloid - by Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker.  Enjoy!




Who guessed correct?

Who painted this #38? My congratulations to Jacqui Boyd who knew it from her fine art studies

A long long fourth dimension agone I did my thesis on symbolism, Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait, The Ambassador past times Holbein in addition to The Donne Triptych past times Hans Memling,(hand written, equally no typewriter for a penniless fine art art student) thence this epitome was really familiar to me. However, I conduct keep to confess, 33 yrs conduct keep past times since thence so the holler was non on the tip of my tongue.

Others who also got it right - inwards guild - are equally follows.  It was amazing how many of y'all had seen it inwards someone - but no surprise it made such a rigid impression.

• bernadettemadden.ie
• Linda Nevill
• Colours in addition to Textures
• theartistsday
• Alastair Fraser
• John O'Grady
• Sandra Robinson
• Patrick Connors
• Hilary Dunk You alone ask to post in 1 lawsuit Hilary - it won't present upwardly equally I moderate each Fri in addition to that's when the comments are published. Otherwise it wouldn;t live a challenge! :) 
• Alyson Champ
• Ka Gray
• Barbara Jackson
• jane
• Glynis Yexley - who had the most odd argue for knowing the right answer

It is called the Merode Triptych. The creative someone is The Master of Flemalle, it was painted, using oils, a novel medium at the time, around 1430. It lives inwards the Cloisters Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art inwards New York. I know this because concluding nighttime I listened to the showtime span of chapters inwards a novel 'Art to Hear'(text on CD) mass nearly The Master of Flemalle in addition to Rogier van der Weyden (one of my fave artists). This move was the 1 I 'read' nearly precisely earlier I went to sleep!

• David J. Teter

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