Donor portraits Ch. 20 Northern Europe 1400-1600 Slide 2 Donor
portrait- a portrait of individual(s) who commissioned (donated) a
religious work, for example, an altarpiece, as evidence of
devotion. Patron- the person or entity that pays an artist to
produce individual artworks or employs an artist on a continuing
basis. Slide 3 Figure 20-4 ROBERT CAMPIN (MASTER OF FLEMALLE),
Merode Altarpiece (open), ca. 1425-1428. Oil on wood, center panel
2 1 3/8 X 2 7/8, each wing 2 1 3/8 X 10 7/8. Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York (The Cloisters Collection, 1956). Slide 4 Peter
Inghelbrecht- wealthy merchant Inghelbrecht-angel bringer
wife-Scrynmakers-cabinet, shrine makers household altar Slide 5
Figure 20-5 JAN VAN EYCK, Ghent Altarpiece (closed), Saint Bavo
Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium, completed 1432. Oil on wood, 11 6" X 7
6". Slide 6 Jodocus Vyd- diplomat for Philip the Good Isabel
Borluut- wife Jan Van Eyck was Philip the Goods court painter Slide
7 Figure 20-12 DIRK BOUTS, Last Supper central panel of the
Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament, Saint Peters, Louvain, Belgium,
14641468. Oil on wood, 6 X 5. Slide 8 Four servants-Confraternity
of the Holy Sacrament Slide 9 Figure 20-13 HUGO VAN DER GOES,
Portinari Altarpiece (open), from SantEgidio, Florence, Italy, ca.
1476. Tempera and oil on wood, 8 3 1/2" X 10 center panel, 8 3 1/2"
X 4 7 1/2" (each wing). Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. Slide 10
Tommaso Portinari- an Italian shipowner and agent for the Medici
family Slide 11 Figure 20-13 HUGO VAN DER GOES, Portinari
Altarpiece (open), from SantEgidio, Florence, Italy, ca. 1476.
Tempera and oil on wood, 8 3 1/2" X 10 center panel, 8 3 1/2" X 4 7
1/2" (each wing). Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. Slide 12
Portinaris wife and daughter Slide 13 Figure 20-14 HANS MEMLING,
Virgin with Saints and Angels, center panel of the Saint John
Altarpiece, Hospitaal Sint Jan, Bruges, Belgium, 1479. Oil on wood,
5 7 3/4" X 5 7 3/4" (center panel), 5 7 3/4" X 2 7 1/8" (each
wing). Slide 14 Two brothers and sisters of the order of the
Hospital of St John in Bruges. They appear on the outside side
panels. Slide 15 Figure 20-15 LIMBOURG BROTHERS (POL, JEAN,
HERMAN), January, from Les Trs Riches Heures du Duc de Berry,
14131416. Ink on vellum, approx. 8 7/8" X 5 3/8". Muse Cond,
Chantilly. Slide 16 Duke of Berry- avid art collector Slide 17
Figure 20-17 JEAN FOUQUET, Melun Diptych. tienne Chevalier and
Saint Stephen, (left wing), ca. 1450. Oil on wood, 3 1/2 X 2 9 1/2.
Gemldegalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin Slide 18 Etienne
Chevalier- Charles VIIs treasurer French
