The two panels (inv. 1973-AE and -AF) showing the donors and patron saints worshipping the Holy Trinity originally formed a whole. By sawing the panel into two halves, about 2.5 centimetres were lost. However, the cloud that continues from one panel to the next clearly shows that this had been one panel. Seated on a throne, God the Father appears in an aureole of light surrounded by angels. His Son Jesus sits on His Father’s lap and shows us his wounds. The Holy Spirit appears as a dove on Jesus’ right shoulder. Behind the donors are St Peter and St Thomas on the right and St John the Baptist and a female saint on the left. The identity of the donors is not known.
| Artist |
Anonymous Master
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| Title | The Holy Trinity with Donors and Saints |
| Date | ca. 1480 - ca. 1490 |
| Period | 15th century |
| Location | Southern Netherlands TGN |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1973-AE |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
The Friends of the Museum Ghent 1973 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1973-AE |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3039/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300015637
portraits
AAT
300055874 religious symbolism AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11B
the Holy Trinity, 'Trinitas coelestis'; Father, Son and Holy Ghost ~ Christian religion
Iconclass
11H saints Iconclass 11H(JOHN THE BAPTIST) John the Baptist; possible attributes: book, reed cross, baptismal cup, honeycomb, lamb, staff Iconclass 11HH female saints Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass 25G41 flowers Iconclass 25H1 landscapes in the temperate zone Iconclass 25H112 rocks Iconclass 25I city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions Iconclass 25I12 prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Iconclass 26A clouds Iconclass 48A1 person stimulating the arts; art lover, connoisseur, maecenas, patron Iconclass 73D82(NAILS)(+3) nails ~ instruments of the Passion (+ angel(s)) Iconclass |
| School / Style | Early Netherlandish |
| 'Quelques tableaux gothiques et un peu plus tardifs de la collection Salavin', / Maurice Rheims. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 112-119) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 266 (ill. 6)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 172-173 (ill.)) |
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