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In the nineteenth-century this was hung with a Pentecost which was on panel and was the same size. The two paintings appear to be from the same complex, perhaps a large polyptych of the Passion (Christ’s torture and crucifixion). Both could have had painted reverses and may well have come from the folding wings of a carved altarpiece.
The composition is based on the right panel of Rogier van der Weyden’s Miraflores Altarpiece (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin) but the poor drawing and exaggerated gestures of both this and the Pentecost distance them from the artist.
Title
Christ appearing to the Virgin
Date
late 15th century
Medium
Oil on canvas transferred from wood
Measurements
H 123.4 x W 70.4 cm
Accession number
NG1086
Acquisition method
Bequeathed by Mrs Joseph H. Green, 1880
Work type
Painting
