Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint John the Baptist
By French, c. 1495
Curatorial Notes
The Virgin and Child and Saint John the Baptist panels once served as exterior wings for an altarpiece at the Carthusian monastery in Thuison-les-Abbeville, France, formerly part of the Burgundian Netherlands. The figures of the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Baptist appear within shallow stone niches painted to look like the Gothic architecture of a church, with pointed arches and tracery. These enshrined images of Mary and John celebrated the monastery as the site of some of their relics (human remains or objects said to belong to the saints), which were often housed in architectural containers.
Artwork Identification
Title Panels from the High Altar of the Charterhouse of Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: Saint John the Baptist
Title (PT) Painéis do Altar-Mor da Cartuxa de Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: São João Batista
Title (ES) Paneles del Altar Mayor de la Cartuja de Saint-Honoré, Thuison-les-Abbeville: San Juan Bautista
Artist French
Artist Bio French; Picardy
Date c. 1495
Work Type Painting
Location & Collection
Institution Art Institute of Chicago
Source View Museum Page
License Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
