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MASTER of Flémalle: The Werl Altarpiece (left wing)

🖼 The Werl Altarpiece (left wing), 1438
Oil on panel
101 × 47 cm
Madrid, Spain

Soft light bathes an intimate domestic interior where a woman reads before a blazing fireplace, rendered with meticulous detail and oil glazes. This revolutionary work pioneered Northern Renaissance devotion to domestic realism and psychological depth, transforming religious narrative into lived spiritual experience.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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