Artwork
Inner left wing of an altarpiece with the wedding feast of St Elizabeth and Louis of Thuringia in the Wartburg
Inner left wing of an altarpiece with the wedding feast of St Elizabeth and Louis of Thuringia in the Wartburg is an oil painting by the Northern Renaissance artist Master of the St Elizabeth Panels. It dates from 1496 and is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum.
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Technique & Style
The panel is executed in oil paint on a wooden support, a technique characteristic of late fifteenth-century Netherlandish devotional painting.
The panel is executed in oil paint on a wooden support, a technique characteristic of late fifteenth-century Netherlandish devotional painting. specifies the materials as oil paint and panel, while likewise identifies the medium as oil paint. The support measures 127.7 cm in height by 109.5 cm in width, giving a tall, vertically oriented format suited to its function as the inner left wing of an altarpiece. The work is classified as a religious painting and is attributed to the Master of the St. Elizabeth Panels, an anonymous late Gothic painter working in the Netherlands around 1490.
The sources do not provide further detail on handling, surface condition, palette, or specific stylistic traits such as figure modeling or compositional devices.
History & Provenance
The inner left wing of the altarpiece depicting the wedding feast of Saint Elizabeth and Louis of Thuringia was created in 1490 by the Master of the St Elizabeth Panels, as indicated by the internal documentation of the work’s date and authorship.
The painting entered the collection of Jacques Goudstikker in the early 20th century. Following Goudstikker’s death in 1940, the work was among the holdings looted during World War II. It was later restituted and subsequently acquired by the Rijksmuseum, where it is currently held.
The inner left wing of the altarpiece depicting the wedding feast of St. Elizabeth and Louis of Thuringia is held by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The work forms part of the museum's Jacques Goudstikker collection. Created by the Master of the St. Elizabeth Panels around 1490, the painting is executed in oil on panel and measures 127.7 cm in height by 109.5 cm in width.
The provided sources do not contain specific records regarding the work's exhibition history or past loan details.
Overview
This oil painting is the inner left wing of an altarpiece depicting the wedding feast of St Elizabeth and Louis of Thuringia at the Wartburg.
Subject & Meaning
The scene shows a gathering in a sunny courtyard, with guests seated at a table and others standing or walking around, set against a backdrop of a castle, trees, and a church, symbolizing the union of St Elizabeth and Louis of Thuringia.
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Artist & collection
Artist
Master of the St Elizabeth Panels
This Dutch painter made vivid oil panels around 1490, showing scenes of Saint Elizabeth’s life.
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