Lamantation
The Lamentation
Circa A.D. 1480, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
The Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The highly emotional, wrenching expressions on the faces of the standing figures in this shrine are heavily influenced by the work of the South Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden (ca. 1399–1464). Indeed, it is possible the Spanish workshop that created this work included at least one Netherlandish artist, or perhaps the workshop had access to a sketchbook that included elements taken from Rogier's paintings. The shrine was originally the center section of an altarpiece from the ruined Benedictine monastery of Sopetrán, northeast of Madrid. The two panels with four painted scenes that formed the wings of the retable are now in the Prado, Madrid. (Museum description)
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
©2015 Patrick J Bayens
Lamantation
The Lamentation
Circa A.D. 1480, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
The Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The highly emotional, wrenching expressions on the faces of the standing figures in this shrine are heavily influenced by the work of the South Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden (ca. 1399–1464). Indeed, it is possible the Spanish workshop that created this work included at least one Netherlandish artist, or perhaps the workshop had access to a sketchbook that included elements taken from Rogier's paintings. The shrine was originally the center section of an altarpiece from the ruined Benedictine monastery of Sopetrán, northeast of Madrid. The two panels with four painted scenes that formed the wings of the retable are now in the Prado, Madrid. (Museum description)
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
©2015 Patrick J Bayens