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WEYDEN, Rogier van der: Mary Altarpiece (Miraflores Altarpiece)

🖼 Mary Altarpiece (Miraflores Altarpiece), c. 1440
Oil on oak panel (each)
71 × 43 cm
Berlin, Germany

Luminous gold backgrounds frame intimate domestic scenes rendered in jewel-toned oils, each panel depicting Mary's life with meticulous detail and emotional depth. This Flemish masterpiece revolutionized altarpiece design by emphasizing spiritual tenderness over grand pageantry, establishing van der Weyden's legacy as the era's preeminent painter of devotional intensity.

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E. H. Gombrich
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