Who Painted This? #39

Who painted this? #39

I've been deep inwards the depths of consulting amongst 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 yesteryear 'Word' going wonky in addition to needing to live uninstalled in addition to reinstalled.  Did yous 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 i was a consummate in addition to utter surprise to me.  It's a house I know good in addition to withal I've never seen a epitome of it before,  Nor did I know that this creative individual 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 constitute because it seemed likewise black in addition to over-saturated in addition to that exactly isn't the trend of this creative individual - in addition to yous needed to encounter the trend because that's equally much attention equally you're getting!

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

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

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Who Painted This #38 - The Answer

The Merode Altarpiece yesteryear Robert Campin

• Title of the artwork: Merode Altarpiece (see a high resolution version here)
• Name of the creative individual who created this artwork: Robert Campin (the Master of Flemalle)
• Date it was created: c. 1425-1428
• Media used: Triptych, crude 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 xi in.)
• Where it lives now: The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Here's a process for yous - in addition to none of yous spotted this origin almost 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 yesteryear Holbein in addition to The Donne Triptych yesteryear Hans Memling,(hand written, equally no typewriter for a penniless fine art art student) thus this epitome was real familiar to me. However, I receive got to confess, 33 yrs receive got yesteryear since in addition to thus so the scream was non on the tip of my tongue.

Others who also got it right - inwards club - are equally follows.  It was amazing how many of yous had seen it inwards individual - 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 entirely involve to ship service i time Hilary - it won't demonstrate upward 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 individual is The Master of Flemalle, it was painted, using oils, a novel medium at the time, roughly 1430. It lives inwards the Cloisters Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art inwards New York. I know this because terminal nighttime I listened to the kickoff pair of chapters inwards a novel 'Art to Hear'(text on CD) mass almost The Master of Flemalle in addition to Rogier van der Weyden (one of my fave artists). This move was the i I 'read' almost exactly earlier I went to sleep!

• David J. Teter

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