Medieval altarpiece

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From the Altarpiece, aka, (Adoration of the Mystic Lamb) at Ghent (1432) by Jan van Eyck (1390-1441) Hegel took the central of these three figures, seated between Mary and John the Baptist, to be a representation of God the Father in the form of Jesus the Son. In his Aesthetics III. 1.2.(α)(αa), T. M. Knox translation (1975), he wrote: The first topic is the object of love itself in its simple universality and undisturbed unity with itself—i.e. God in his essence, devoid of any appearance…

Master of Flemalle (Robert Campin?), The Werl Altarpiece (left panel), Saint Barbara, completed 1438 in Cologne. Now in the Prado, Madrid. 547×1,285 pixels

Saint of the Day – 22 January – St Vincent of Saragossa (Died 304) Deacon – Protomartyr of Spain – Archdeacon, Preacher, assistant to St Valerius of Saragossa (Died 315), who was …

Melito of Sardis, a 2nd century Father, shows how the slain Passover Lamb and many Old Testament realities, prefigure Jesus Christ & his suffering.

“View the back side, 1311 #duccio #protorenaissance”

Van der Weyden (ca1399-1464), St Columba Altarpiece, ca 1455, oil on oak panel, central panel,detail. Columba-Altar, Anbetung der Könige. Canon 7D

Altarpiece of Saint Peter

Jan van Eyck was a Flemish painter active in Bruges. He is one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art.