Master of flemalle robert campin the seilern

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The Entombment Triptych - one of the great works of Christian art housed at the Courtauld Institute, London - consists of three hinged panel paintings in oils and gold leaf, measuring roughly 2 feet by 3.5 feet. Intended as a set of private devotional pictures for use in the home, rather like the later Virgin and Child Before a Fireplace (1423, Hermitage, St Petersburg) and Merode Altarpiece (1425, Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), the Seilern Triptych was painted about 1410. As its name indicates, it depicts one of the key stories of Christian iconography - Christ's Entombment or Deposition from the Cross, as reported in all four Gospels. One of the great religious paintings of the 15th century, Campin's composition ranks alongside similar works by Roger van der Weyden (1399-1464) (see: Descent From the Cross) and Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).

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The central panel of this triptych d Robert campin paintings!