Assumption of Saint Mary Magdalene, central sculpture of the Berki Altarpiece (northern Hungary, today Rokycany, Slovakia), 1480-1490, painted and gilded wood, 161 x 121 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Posting it again, knowing that this time it will get to MUCH more people than on 04 Oct 2010…
the Maestà altarpiece by Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308-1311, tempera and gold on wood, 213 × 396 cm, Museo dell’OPerA Metropolitana del Duomo, Siena
The Maestà of Duccio is an altarpiece composed of many individual paintings commissioned by the city of Siena in 1308 from the artist Duccio di Buoninsegna. The painting was installed in the cathedral of Siena on June 9, 1311. The front panels make up a large enthroned Madonna and Child with 19 saints and 11 angels, and a predella of the Childhood of Christ with prophets. The reverse has the rest of a combined cycle of the Life of the Virgin and Life of Christ in a total of forty-three small scenes; several panels are now dispersed or lost.
The altarpiece remained in place until 1711, when it was dismantled in order to distribute the pieces between two altars. The five-meter high construction was dismantled and sawn up, and the paintings damaged in the process. Partial restoration took place in 1956. The dismantling also led to pieces going astray, either being sold, or simply unaccounted for. Extant remains of the altarpiece not at Siena are divided among several other museums (among others, the Szépművészeti in Budapest).
(source: wikipedia)
Coronation of the Virgin by Enguerrand Quarton (Charonton), 1454, tempera on panel, 183 × 220 cm, Musée Pierre de Luxembourg, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon
Altarpiece of Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child (Mettercia), unknown master, c. 1500, Tempera on wood, 144 x 103 cm (central panel), 69 x 46,5 cm (wings, each), Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
The Resurrection by M.S. Master, 1506, Tempera on wood, 156 x 78 cm, Christian Museum, Esztergom, Hungary
The Baptism of Christ by Cima da Conegliano, 1493-94, oil on panel, 350 x 210 cm, San Giovanni in Bragora, Venice
The Seven Sacrament Altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, 1445-50, oil on oak panel, 200 x 97 cm (central panel), 119 x 63 cm (side panels, each), Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
