The Bladelin Altar (Middleburg Altar)

Work Information
Creator: Rogier van der Weyden (ca. 1399-1464) , Flemish
Period: Northern Renaissance
Museum: Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany Inventory #:535
Material: oak panel
Date: ca. 1450-1452
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.

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Lff-0350
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Alternate Cat. #: Lff-0350
Rights: (C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Lff-0351
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Description: Center detail: Nativity with the donor, Pieter Bladelin
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Alternate Cat. #: Lff-0351
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Lff-0352
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Description: head of the donor Pieter Bladelin. "Middleburg" was a new town, the building of which he financed and the place where the painting was to hang
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Alternate Cat. #: Lff-0352
Rights: (C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Lff-0353
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Description: Left panel detail: Annunciation to Emperor Augustus at the moment of the Nativity, with the significance of the vision being explained by a Sibyl
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Alternate Cat. #: Lff-0353
Rights: (C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Lff-0354
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Description: Left panel detail: close-up of clothing,
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Alternate Cat. #: Lff-0354
Rights: (C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Lff-0355
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Description: right panel detail: Annunciation to the Three Magi (Kings from the East), with the Christ Child appearing in the star that led the Magi to Bethlehem
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Lff-0355
Rights: (C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Lff-0356
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Description: right panel detail of black king with la
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Lff-0356
Rights: (C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft
Lff-0357
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Description: right panel detail: close up of city in
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Alternate Cat. #: Lff-0357
Rights: (C) Dr. Ronald V. Wiedenhoeft