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Epiphany (Triptych)

Flemish School

Category

Art / Oil paintings

Date

1589 (dated on wings)

Materials

Oil on panel

Measurements

695 x 470 mm (27 3/8 x 18 ½ in) central panel

Place of origin

Belgium

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Collection

Cotehele, Cornwall

NT 348078

Summary

Oil painting on panel, Epiphany (Triptych), Flemish School, with possible early 19th century additions - wings dated above donors, 1589. The central panel is depicting the Adoration of the Magi and the wings have the portraits of kneeling figures of a donor (left) and his wife (right) with a merchant's mark in the shields above their heads and inscribed with their ages, 34 and 28 respectively and each dated, 1589. The central panel bears the monogram: L. B. and would appear to be a different manner of painting from the wings.

Provenance

Left at the property when Cotehele was accepted in lieu of tax from Kenelm, 6th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1873–1965) and transferred to the National Trust in 1947; and amongst the contents accepted in lieu of estate duty by HM Treasury and transferred to the National Trust in 1974

Credit line

Cotehele, The Edgcumbe Collection (National Trust)

Marks and inscriptions

Recto: Inscribed bottom right in black: L:B Recto: Donor and donatrix, inscribed above, respectively: AETÆ: SUÆ . 34 and 28, each dated 1589. Merchant’s mark (?) above each [itself suspect, since women did not have merchants’ marks].

Makers and roles

Flemish School, artist

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