a previously unknown and recently recovered brussels altarpiece (1470-90) in an aachen church
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Dagmar Preising / Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen
A previously unknown and recently rediscovered Brussels altarpiece (1470-90)
in an Aachen church
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Ghislaine Derveaux-Van Ussel: Le retable malinois de l‘èglise d‘Ödeby, (artes belgicae), Bruxelles 1973, p.81
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Aachen / Schleckheim, Trinity chapel nowadays, built 1646, rebuilt in 19th century , choir and transept 1930sAltarpiece in the chapel since 1802
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Aachen /Schleckheim, Trinity chapel, choir, photo before 1933
© Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln (RBA)
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The altarpiece without predella and altar of the 19th century
Photo before renovation of chapel and altarpiece in the 1990s
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Altarpiece in Aachen / Schleckheim, Trinity chapel, state 2011 after maltreatment in the 1990s
© by courtesy of Rheinisches Amt f. Denkmalpflege/ LVR Pulheim
(and following images concering the altarpiece)
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All fragments of the canopies fortunately survived in the attic of the chapel
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Fragments of the architectural canopies
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Brussels quality mark (‚keurmerk‘) on the top board of one canopy
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Brussels quality mark for the carver‘s work on the head of a figure, discovered in the workshop of LVR
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Brussels quality mark for the carpenter‘s work on top of the shrine, right corner, discovered in the workshop of LVR
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Composite and refined canopy of the left compartment before inserting into the shrine
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Canopy after inserting into the left compartment
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Journey of the Magi, two different states of restoration
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Shrine = baltic wainscot, figures = local oak,191 x 212 x 20 cm, State before retouches and adding the canopies
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Schleckheim altarpiece 2011 State after restoration 2015
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Nativity in the left compartment
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central compartment with Adoration of the Magi
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Presentation in temple in the right compartment
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Brussels altarpiece with the nativity scene, c. 1470-80, 123 x 105,5 cm
Berlin, Bode-Museum, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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Brussels altarpiece with the nativity scene, 1490-1500, 105 x 97 cm
Musée communal de la Ville de Bruxelles
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So-called Rouen altarpiece, Brusselc. 1470-1490165 x 175 x 26 cm
Rouen, Musée départemental des Antiquité
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2015-04-26Consecration of the altarpiece by the auxiliary bischop Karl Borschin the Trinity chapel Aachen / Schleckheim