Entombment Triptych; ; Seilern Triptych;

Robert Campin was a leading figure in the city of Tournai during the early fifteenth century and scholars now generally agree that he is the artist known as the Master of Flémalle. Campin's career flourished in the new bourgeois environment, and he was both head of the painter's guild and a member of the stewards of the city, who were in charge of the accounts and finances of Tournai. This small triptych, recently rediscovered, is an example of Campin's early style. The central panel depicts the Entombment of Jesus Christ, and is flanked, to the left, by the donor kneeling below two thieves st... Mehr ...