Upon leaving the National Gallery’s 1250-1400 collection, The Magdalen Reading[1], c.1438, by Rogier van der Weyden caught my attention. The close-up, even claustrophobic, view of a woman reading surrounded by cropped figures contradicted my understanding of the composition and subject matter common for Early Netherlandish religious scenes, normally depicting several full figures. Indeed, this obscurity in the […]
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