Алтарь католических королей {3118}
Altarpiece of Catholic Kings
- автор:
- Мастер Католических Королей
- Master of the Catholic Kings
- история:
- Ferdinand and Isabel became known as the "Catholic Kings" because of their religious zeal, offering the Jews and Moors the choice of converting to Catholicism or being expelled from Spain.
- This paintings along with seven others formed parts of an altarpiece probably painted for a church or convent in Valladolid in north central Spain and commissioned by or for the monarchs.
- The high quality of the altarpiece and its probable royal patronage have given the painter the name Master of the Catholic Kings.
- место:
- Вашингтон: Нац. гал.
- Washington: NGA
- композиция:
- Отрок Христос среди учителей иудейских
- Christ among the Doctors
- композиция:
- Christ among the Doctors shows Joseph and Maria entering the synagogue at the right, while Jesus sits on a dais and thoughtfully places one forefinger on the other.
- The gesture, also used by the doctor in the foreground at the right, probably implies pointing out stages in a debate.
- Deep space is skillfully indicated by contrasting the large scale of the foreground figures with the distant view of a town glimpsed through the door behind Joseph and Maria.
- The stained-glass windows bear the heraldry of Ferdinard and Isabel as well as of Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire.
- The Spanish monarchs' daughter and son were married to the son and daughter respectively of the Holy Roman Emperor in 1496 and 1497.
- Thus the altarpiece may have commemorated these dynastic weddings.
- оформление:
- 930х1362.
- предмет с изображением:
- Свадьба в Кане
- Marriage at Cana
- композиция:
- The banqueting hall combines elements from Netherlandish and Spanish culture.
- The trumpeters in the gallery, the wedding bed, the servants in the distant kitchen, and the northern European town seen through the door and window show a Flemish concern for documenting daily life.
- The harsh, angular features of some male figures, the rich brown and red tonalities, and the costumes and serving vessels, however, are more typical of Castile.
- Hanging from the rafters, shields bear coats of arms suggesting that this scene may be an allegory on the marriage in 1497 of Juan of Castile, son of the Catholic Kings, to Margaret of Austria, daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor.
- оформление:
- 927х1371.
- предмет с изображением:
- оформление:
- ~1495...97.
- Oil on panel.
