6. Jan and Hubert (?) van Eyck. Ghent Altarpiece (Open),
Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. Completed 1432. 11’ 5 3/4" × 15’ 1 1/2”.
“Monuments Men” with panels from the altarpiece recovered at the end of the
Second World War
10. Lucas Cranach the Elder
Martin Luther (1533)
Key date: 95 theses, 1517
Wittenburg, Germany
11. Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff and workshop. The City
of Nuremberg. Nuremberg Chronicle, published by Anton Koberger in 1493.
Each page 18 1/2 × 12 3/4”.Edition at GVSU Special Collections
The front panels show Lutheran sacraments (rituals deemed essential to following the religion) as well as the traditional Christian scene of the Last Supper. Portraying all of these subjects on one altarpiece is meant to say to the viewer, 'Luther’s church is the REAL religion, in the spirit of Christ.' Of course, the art of the Counter-Reformation in the south was saying just the opposite!On the left front panel, a Protestant colleague of Luther’s is shown baptizing followers into the new faith (the sacrament of Baptism). The right panel depicts a Wittenberg minister leading the sacrament of Confession, and the center shows the Last Supper of Christ (Communion). The three panels are harmonized by subject matter, color, and repeated shapes. Look at the round baptismal font, the round table, and the rounded arches which frame and embrace the tops of all panels. These tie separate events and times into one graceful scene.
Theodore Galle and Leon Stradinus, America (ca. 1580)
Creator: Smith, Thomas, fl. 1650-1693.
Title: Self-portrait
Work Type: Oil paintings.
Work Type: Self-portraits.
Date: ca. 1690.
Material: Canvas.
Measurements: 24 1/2 x 23 3/4 inches.
Description: "Oil on canvas. Worcester Art Museum"--Catalog.
Accession Number: #1948.19
Subject: Smith, Thomas, fl. 1650-1693.
Subject: Painting, American--17th century.
Subject: Painting, American--18th century.
Collection: The Carnegie Arts of the United States Collection
Source: Data from : University of Georgia Libraries