The Mysterious Paimpol Triptych from Beauport Abbey: A Work by a Follower of the Hans Memling Workshop?
2021; Volume: 65; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1484/j.nms.5.131516
ISSN2507-0444
Autores Tópico(s)Religious Tourism and Spaces
ResumoThis article traces the provenance of two late-fifteenth-century Flemish painted panels depicting the Procession to the Calvary and the Resurrection of Christ, which have been assembled in a nineteenth-century composite work known as the Paimpol Triptych from Beauport Abbey. A review of local, regional, and national documentation suggests that the two wings may have been painted by an artist with connections to the Hans Memling studio in Bruges. An examination of the two wings compared to the Salvatori Mundi and the Triptych of the Resurrection by Hans Memling (c. 1430/1440-1494) reveals striking similarities. Furthermore, the discovery of an ‘ermine tail’ with an upper fleur-de-lis motif and crown, a motif associated with Anne of Brittany (1477-1514), and Queen of France, in the Resurrection scene raises intriguing questions about the works’ commission and patronage.
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