Das geopferte Kind : Ikonographie und Programmatik des Dresdner Marienaltars von Jan van Eyck

Author

Neuner, Antje Maria

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

German

Source

Jahrbuch der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden. 1994, Vol. 25, 31-43, 14 ill.

ISSN

0419-733X

Abstract (en)

Explores the iconography of Jan van Eyck's Marian Altarpiece (1437; Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister) as portraying the sacrifice of the beloved child as a result of primal sin. First surveys the work's provenance as it is known or has been surmised and describes it. Pays particular attention to the figures decorating the throne (identifying them as the sacrifices of Abraham and Jephthah of their children - as is true also in the heretofore misidentified scenes in the Madonna with Canon van der Paele [Bruges, Stedelijke Musea Brugge]) and architecture (expulsion from Paradise and Agamemnon's hunt [i.e., acts leading to the deaths of Abel and Iphigenia] and Old Testament prophets).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Belgium
• Eyck, Jan van, ca.1390-1441
• Painting
• Belgium
• 1400-1500
• Marian Altarpiece
• Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister||Dresden (DEU)
• Iconography
• Jephthah
• Abraham
• Agamemnon
• Adam
• Sacrifice
• Altarpieces
• Christian iconography
• Original sin

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Belgique
• Eyck, Jan van, v.1390-1441
• Peinture
• Belgique
• 1400-1500
• Retable de la Vierge
• Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister||Dresden (DEU)
• Iconographie
• Jephté
• Abraham
• Agamemnon
• Adam
• Sacrifice
• Retable
• Iconographie chrétienne
• Péché originel

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19990401-00203603

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