The Retablo de Isabel la Católica by Juan de Flandes and Michel SittowBrepols, 2004 - 207 páginas This book will be the first serious monograph about the Retablo de Isabel la Catolica (ca. 1496-1504) painted by Juan de Flanders and Michel Sittow. After tracing the history and critical history of the altarpiece (and publishing some archival material for the first time), it will present the first discussion of attribution to the supported by technical examination of the individual panels, including infrared reflectography and microscopie examination of the painted surface. Technical examination also supports an interpretation of the artists' treatment of subject matter as being closely related to the religious and political issues that concerned Queen Isabella in the waning years of her reign. The conservatism inherent in the austere painted treatment of the lives of Christ and the Virgin Mary is compared to conservative works of religious literature commissioned by or dedicated to the Queen in the years that the altarpiece was being painted. Finally, a brief catalogue of the surviving twenty-eight panels will restore a degree of narrative coherence to a project that is too little understood in large part because of the early dispersal of its paintings. |
Términos y frases comunes
altarpiece Arrest of Christ artist Baptism Altarpiece Bearing the Cross Betrayal and Arrest Castilian Christ Appearing Christ Bearing Christ fig Christian Descent into Limbo Diego Flores disciples drapery ducados ducs ducs_ Early Netherlandish Painting edge Fernando figures foreground gold border Hernando de Talavera infrared reflectogram assembly Inscriptions inven inventory March 13 Isabel la Católica Isabel of Castile Isabel's court Issue of Blood Jesus John the Evangelist Juan de Flandes Loaves and Fishes Madrid Malines Margaret of Austria Marriage at Cana Mary Magdalene Michel Sittow Miracle Miraflores Mocking of Christ Mother Museo del Prado Museum of Art narrative Noli Me Tangere Nre Sgr painter Palacio Real panels Patrimonio Nacional Penitence of Mary Peter Provenance Queen Isabel Reina Católica Sánchez Cantón scenes seen sold to Diego Spain strokes stylistic Three Maries tion Tomb Toro tory February 25 Transfiguration underdrawing Vandevivere Vida visible Vita Christi Woman Ximenez de Prexano