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St James
by
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Deposition
by
Dieric Bouts
ThisstudyofStJames
wasprobablypaintedin
Brugesinthe1470s.The
saint'sgorgeousscarlet
cloakandthelower-illed
meadowinwhichhe
standsaretypicalof
FlemishmasterDieric
Bouts'loveofcolourand
naturalisticdetail.
Gerard David
TheVirgin'sfaceshows
sadnessandresignation
asherSonistakendown
fromtheCrossinthe
centralpanelofthistrip-
tychof1518
(below)
.The
sidepanelsdepictthe
donors-SimonAcciaiuo-
li,amerchantfromFlor-
ence(withStBernardino
ofSiena),andhiswife
Maria(withStJames).
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Annunciation
by
Joost van Cleve
ThefruitsofEurope's
expandingcommercial
connectionscanbeseen
inthisserenepaintingof
around1515:Mary'sfeet
restonanorientalcar-
pet,andtheliliessym-
bolizingherpurityare
standinginaDelftjar.
Flemish Art
Madeiranartpatrons
wouldprobablynothave
visitedAntwerpor
Brugestositfortheir
portraits.Instead,they
mighthavesentasketch
(perhapsdrawnbyone
oftheisland'sarchitects
ormasons)orperhaps
reliedonafriendtogive
theartistanaccurate
verbaldescription.In
anycase,exactlikeness
wasnottheartist'saim.
FollowingtheMannerist
tendency,thepainterof
theMachico
Adoration
emphasizesdistinctive
facialfeatures-alarge
noseoradoublechin-
inordertogivegreater
charactertohissubjects.
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St Philip and St
)
The Machico
James
by Pieter
Coecke van Aelst
Here
(above)
,thedonors,
picturedkneelingoneither
sideofthecentralpanel,
havebeenidentiiedas
SimãoGonçalvesde
Câmara,grandsonof
Zarco,andhiswifeIsabel.
(
St Anne and
Adoration
Richindetail,thisanony-
mouspaintingofaround
1518fromthechurchat
Machico
(see p87)
depicts
Madeiranmerchantsand
landownersintheguise
oftheThreeKings,with
theirservants.
St Joachim
Thisfascinatingearly
16th-centurypaintingof
theAntwerpSchool
(right)
isreputedtoshowKing
LadislawIIIofPoland
(see p37)
andhiswife
SenhorinaEanes.Known
asHenrytheGerman,the
kinggaveuphiscrown
andbecameafarmeron
Madeirain1454.
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