Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Pietà Triptych
Image View:
Detail, central panel; Mary Magdalene, the Virgin cradling the body of Jesus, with St. John and landscape beyond
Creator:
Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy (Netherlandish painter, active ca. 1475-1505)
Location:
repository: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza (Madrid, Madrid, Spain) Inv. no. 252.a-c (1930.67.1-3.a)
Location Note:
Paseo del Prado, 8
GPS:
40.416111-3.695
Date:
ca. 1475 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Netherlandish
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
triptych
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on panel
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
75 cm (height, central panel) x 61 cm (width, central panel)
Subjects:
landscape; New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; John, the Apostle, Saint; Mary Magdalene, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; donors; lamentation; crucifixion
Description:
The name given to the Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy derives from an altarpiece in the Sint-Jakobskerk in Bruges. This painter belonged to the generation of artists working in the last quarter of the 15th century and his style was influenced by that of Rogier van der Weyden, Jan van Eyck, Hugo van der Goes and Hans Memling. The central panel of this triptych depicts the Pietà and is inspired by a work on the same theme by Dirk Bouts, now in the Musée du Louvre. On the right and left are the donors, Adrienne de Vos with Saint Adrian, and Donas de Moor with Saint Donatian, respectively. (Source: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum [website]; https://www.museothy ssen.org/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-LUCIA-TBM-PT-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Pietà Triptych