This work consists of multiple parts

Panel interior
Master of Flémalle, Robert Campin; workshop Madonna and Child
Master of Flémalle, Robert Campin; workshop Saint Veronica
Panel exterior
Master of Flémalle, Robert Campin; workshop Throne of Mercy

Master of Flémalle
Robert Campin workshop

The Flémalle Panels: St. Veronica with the Veil, Madonna Breastfeeding, The Trinity, ca. 1428 – 1430

Stillende Gottesmutter: 160.2 x 68.2 x 1.3 cm
Heilige Veronika: 151.8 x 61.0 x 0.4 cm
Gnadenstuhl: 148.7 x 61.0 x 1.1 cm

Physical Description: Mixed technique on oak

Inventory Number: 939; 939A; 939B

Acquisition: Acquired in 1849

Status: See Parts

Texts

About the Work

These panels are among the most important but also most puzzling works of early Netherlandish painting. Parts of a winged altarpiece, they were first attributed to the ‘Master of Flémalle’ on account of their supposed place of origin in the Meuse Valley in Belgium. However, obvious differences between the three paintings make it impossible to ascribe them to a single artist. It is now thought certain that they all came from the workshop of Robert Campin in Tournai, where Rogier van der Weyden also worked around 1430. The exact attribution is disputed even today.

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KunstIStück – Meister von Flémalle (Werkstatt des Robert Campin): Flémaller Tafeln

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Work Data

Basic Information

Title: The Flémalle Panels: St. Veronica with the Veil, Madonna Breastfeeding, The Trinity

Painter

Master of Flémalle
Robert Campin workshop

Panel interior: Madonna and Child; Saint Veronica

Panel exterior: Throne of Mercy

Period Produced

15th century

School

Late Middle Ages

Object Type

painting (artwork)

Physical Description: Mixed technique on oak

Material

Technique

mixed technique

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: Public Domain

Acquisition: Acquired in 1849

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

Main Motif

Persons Shown

Associated Persons and Institutions

Rogier van der Weyden

Illustrated Passage

siehe Einzeldarstellung

Iconclass

Primary

11FF4122 Mary standing (or half-length), the Christ-child sitting on her arm (Christ-child to Mary's left) - FF - the Christ-child to Mary's right
11B3232 God the Father standing or seated, holding the body of Christ, 'Pitié-de-Notre-Seigneur', 'Not Gottes'
11E1 Holy Ghost represented as a dove (in flames)
11FF41231 'Galaktotrophousa' ~ Madonna - FF - the Christ-child to Mary's right
11HH(VERONICA) Veronica; possible attributes: 'Sudarium' (veil with the image of Christ)
11D3121 'Vera Icon', held up by Veronica
22C311 nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things
31AA2311(+1) 'contrapposto', 'Standbein und Spielbein' - AA - female human figure (+ front view)

Secondary

11F726 Christ-child suckling, or beginning to suckle, e.g. Mary uncovering her breast ~ Madonna-representations
41D21 clothes covering the entire body
41D2653 border, ribbon, braid
41A41 wall-covering
25FF fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'); 'Mostri' (Ripa)
25F3(+15) birds (+ ornamental variants of animals)
48AA9831 foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament - AA - stylized
25H17 meadow, pasture
48C168(NICHE) other architectural details (NICHE)
48C24(+3511) piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture (+ grisaille)