medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear List-members
In pursuit of information about the Knights of St John I have come across
the following quite extraordinary image:
http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/art/g/geertgen/bones.jpg
The artist is one Geertgen tot Sint Jan, probably a member of the Order
(according to the site which led me to the image) and it is an altarpiece,
seen here closed.
Can anyone with time to take a look at it tell me what is happening? There
appear to be four or five episodes depicted, some possibly Biblical, some
contemporary with the painting (late C15 I think). I am particularly
intrigued by the man with the bread-shovel full of bones, and his companion
delicately extracting another bone from the open tomb.
In hope,
Pat
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