Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe
Early Northern Renaissance
- Claus Sluter, Well of Moses, 1395-1406
- Robert Campin, Merode Altarpiece, c. 1425-1428
- Hubert and Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece (open and closed), 1432
- Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Double Portrait (Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife), 1434
- Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition, c. 1435
- Limbourg Brothers, January (From Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry), 1413-1416
1. Claus Sluter was the court sculptor of which wealthy patron?
2. Identify and describe the meaning of 4 symbols from the Merode Altarpiece by Robert Campin.
3. What does the inscription on the back wall of the Arnolfini Double Portrait translate to in English? What is the possible significance of the inscription?
4. What does the dog symbolise in the Arnolfini Double Portrait?
5. Rogier van der Weyden was most likely apprenticed in the workshop of which Early Northern Renaissance artist?
6. Who was Rogier van der Weyden’s Deposition painted for, and what detail in the painting acknowledges them?
7. What is a book of hours?
8. Who was the model for the Virgin Mary in Jean Fouquet’s Melun Diptych?
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