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The Saint Columba Altarpiece (sometimes Adoration of the Kings) is a large c. 1455 oil-on-oak wood panel altarpiece by Early Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden, now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich.[1]

The three panels depict a narrative in which Mary is visited by the archangel Gabriel; she gives birth in a stable, and she presents the infant at the temple. The left wing shows the Annunciation, the center depicts the Adoration of the Magi after Christ's birth, and the Presentation in the Temple appears on the right wing.[1]

Panels

The elegant Annunciation is filled with religious iconography, such as the faux carving of the fall of man on the side of the prie-dieu at which Mary kneels in her devotions. Likewise, the central Nativity panel has small crucifix hanging on the pillar behind Mary's head, even though the scene takes place 33-36 years before the death of Jesus Christ.

The donor appears on the left, in the front of a sweeping background.[1]

The center panel's far right contains the exterior of the same building shown in the next scene from the inside, juxtaposing the stable with the temple and thereby causing an innovative yet jarring spatial and temporal juxtaposition. The stable is in Bethlehem, the Temple in Jerusalem, yet here they co-exist and function to bridge a gap from the Old to the New Testament. It is the first Early Netherlandish painting where the building's exterior exists on one panel and its interior on the adjacent panel. Van der Weyden achieved an extremely innovative means of moving a narrative in a continuous fashion in this altarpiece. The Presentation occurs in the octagonal building's narthex, surrounded by monumental arches, another bold and innovative use of space and perspective.[2]

The exterior panels on the reverse are covered with plain paint without evidence that they ever contained a donor portrait. The donor is positioned on the far left of the center panel.[1]

Saint Columba altarpiece was the object of frequent copying in the 15th and 16th centuries,[1] and inspired some of Hans Memling's works, among them the Triptych of Jan Floreins.[2]

Commission

The altarpiece was included as part of the 1801 inventory of Cologne's St. Kolumba church, where it resided in the von dem Wasservass family chapel, which was probably established in the 1460s by Goddert von dem Wasservass, burgomaster of Cologne. It is reasonable to assume such a prominent resident of the city commissioned the piece. According to Lorne Campbell, based on the number of known copies, the piece probably never left the private chapel until 1801. Sulpiz and Melchior Boisseree bought it in 1808; their collection was acquired in 1827 for the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.[1]

Citations

Sources

• Borchert, Till-Holger. "Hans Memling and Rogier van der Weyden". In: J. Chapuis (ed), Invention: Northern Renaissance Studies in honor of Molly Faries. Turnhout: Brepols, 2008. ISBN 978-2-503-52768-0
• Campbell, Lorne. Van der Weyden. New York: Harper and Row, 1980. ISBN 0-06-430650-X

На других языках

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[de] Columba-Altar

Der Columba-Altar oder Dreikönigsaltar ist ein Triptychon des niederländischen Malers Rogier van der Weyden, der heute in der Alten Pinakothek in München gezeigt wird. Das mit Ölfarben auf Eichenholz gemalte Gemälde wurde 1455 fertiggestellt. Der Mittelteil misst 139,5 mal 152,9 cm, die Flügel ca. 139,3 mal 72,7 cm.[1]

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- [en] Saint Columba Altarpiece

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[es] Tríptico del altar de Santa Columba

El Tríptico del altar de Santa Columba es un retablo pintado al óleo sobre tabla hacia 1455 por Rogier van der Weyden para el altar de la iglesia de Santa Columba de Colonia que se exhibe actualmente en la Pinacoteca Antigua de Múnich. Cerrado mide lo que su tabla central (139,5 centímetros de alto por 153 de ancho) y desplegado alcanza a los 293 cm de anchura, sumando los setenta de cada panel lateral.

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[it] Trittico di santa Colomba

Il Trittico di santa Colomba, Trittico dell'Adorazione dei Magi o Altare di santa Columba è un dipinto del pittore fiammingo Rogier van der Weyden realizzato circa nel 1455 e conservato nell'Alte Pinakothek di Monaco di Baviera in Germania[1].

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