Rogier van der Weyden 1399/1400 – 1464 The Appereance of Mary before Augustusoil on panel (91 × 40 cm) — c. 1445 - 1448 Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin Rogier van der Weyden biography This is the left wing of Van der Weyden's Bladelin triptych. It shows a scene not often depicted in art. The scene is not biblical but comes from a medieval story, where the Roman emperor Augustus sees an altar with Mary hovering in the sky. In an early version of the panel there were several banners with text from the legend. Rogier painted over them later on, probably after he and the donor Bladelin had decided they were superfluous. The kneeling man, dressed in expensive clothes, is Augustus. Rate this work of art: |
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