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This painting was attributed to various anonymous masters stylistically associated with the northern Netherlandish school until the art historians Boon and Eisler gave it to a follower of the Master of the Virgo inter Virgines. Eisler also attributed a panel of The Marriage of the Virgin (Philadelphia Museum of Art) to this painter. Together with the present panel, they may have formed part of a triptych whose central panel has not been identified. In the present work the artist located the twelve Apostles around a table. Christ, seated on the left, is recognisable through the figure of Saint John reclining on his lap and from his gesture of offering bread to Judas. The artist places considerable emphasis on the simple still life on the table, in which striking elements include the large empty dish in the centre and the objects such as a pitcher and knives arranged in a circle around it.

 

15th Century15th Century - Early netherlandish paintingPaintingOilpanel
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