FIGURE 3.38 Jan van Eyck, Annunciation Diptych, ca

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TitleAnnunciation Diptych

Creator nameEyck, Jan van

Creator nationality/cultureNetherlandish

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1433–1435

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

LocationMuseo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/eyck-jan-van/annunciation-diptych

Accession numberInv. no. 137.b (1933.11.2)

SubjectsAltarpieces, Medieval--NetherlandsDiptychsMary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--AnnunciationGrisaille painting

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PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.89-129

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Chapter subject tags:Jesus Christ--Crucifixion--Art--MedievalMedicinal plants--Religious aspects--Christianity--MedievalHeller Altarpiece (Panel painting)Germany--Religious life and customsGrisaille painting--MedievalGermany--Religious life and customs--MedievalPainting, Renaissance--GermanyPainting, German--16th centuryFolklore in art--Germany--MedievalGrünewald, Matthias, active 16th century

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THE EXHIBITION Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych offers viewers an important opportunity to examine a number of paintings reunited in diptych format for the first time in modern history. While the surviving known works are presumed to be only a small sampling of the paintings actually produced, early examples of diptych...

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PublisherHarvard Art Museums

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https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00045.009

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Chapter subject tags:Christian art and symbolismDiptychsEyck, Jan van, 1390-1440Weyden, Rogier van der, 1399 or 1400-1464Panel painting, Netherlandish

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