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MASTER of Flémalle: Mérode Altarpiece (right wing)

🖼 Mérode Altarpiece (right wing), c. 1427
Oil on wood
64.5 × 27.3 cm
New York, United States

Domestic intimacy suffuses this triptych wing: Virgin Mary sits reading before a fireplace, rendered with meticulous oil glazes capturing candlelight and textile texture. The revolutionary naturalism—sacred figures in bourgeois interiors—transformed Northern Renaissance art, merging devotion with everyday life in unprecedented ways.

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