Portinari Altarpiece

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The Adoration of the Shepherds

The Adoration of the Shepherds, centre panel of the Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, c. 1474–76; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Flowers, detail from the central panel of the Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, c. 1476; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. The scattered violets indicate Christ's humility; the columbine flowers represent the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit with which Christ was endowed at birth. The flowers in the albarello (pottery jar) are in royal colours, for Christ was of the royal line of the Israelite King David.

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floral decoration
Middle Ages
…open centre panel of the Portinari Altarpiece by the Flemish painter Hugo van der Goes is an illustration of this type of arrangement. Metal ewers often held Madonna lilies (Lilium candidum), as in the 15th-century painting The Annunciation by Rogier van der Weyden (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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…open centre panel of the Portinari Altarpiece by the Flemish painter Hugo van der Goes is an illustration of this type of arrangement. Metal ewers often held Madonna lilies (Lilium candidum), as in the 15th-century painting The Annunciation by Rogier van der Weyden (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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Hugo van der Goes
…triptych usually known as the Portinari Altarpiece (c. 1474–76) with a scene called The Adoration of the Shepherds on the centre panel. It was commissioned by Tommaso Portinari, agent for the Medici in Bruges, who is portrayed with his family on the wings. One of the greatest of the early…
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…triptych usually known as the Portinari Altarpiece (c. 1474–76) with a scene called The Adoration of the Shepherds on the centre panel. It was commissioned by Tommaso Portinari, agent for the Medici in Bruges, who is portrayed with his family on the wings. One of the greatest of the early…
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Domenico Ghirlandaio
Frescoes for the Sassetti and Tornabuoni chapels and other work
…commissioned in Flanders by Tommaso Portinari, another agent of the Medici bank, and which arrived in Florence in the late 1470s.
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…commissioned in Flanders by Tommaso Portinari, another agent of the Medici bank, and which arrived in Florence in the late 1470s.
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Renaissance
Artistic developments and the emergence of Florence
…masterpieces of Northern Renaissance art, The Portinari Altarpiece, by Hugo van der Goes (c. 1476; Uffizi, Florence), was commissioned by their agent, Tommaso Portinari. Instead of being painted with the customary tempera of the period, the work is painted with translucent oil glazes that produce brilliant jewel-like colour and a…
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…masterpieces of Northern Renaissance art, The Portinari Altarpiece, by Hugo van der Goes (c. 1476; Uffizi, Florence), was commissioned by their agent, Tommaso Portinari. Instead of being painted with the customary tempera of the period, the work is painted with translucent oil glazes that produce brilliant jewel-like colour and a…
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