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| Keywords: Netherlandish - Spectators from a Passion Altarpiece - Walters 6161.jpg Apparently reacting to an event they have just witnessed two priests engage in a heated conversation on the left while on the right an ordinary citizen leans on his staff They would have been some of the spectators at the foot of a Crucifixion and their animation and typical 15th-century clothing would have added a sense of immediacy to the altar's central narrative The Brussels altarpiece shows how such groups of figures were combined The vigorous angular body language of the spectators is characteristic of stylistic trends in Antwerp as opposed to the greater restraint more typical of workshops in Brussels ca 1490 Late Medieval paint on wood oak cm 41 5 33 6 accession number 61 61 22041 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Antwerp Belgium Walters Art Museum license Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Art of the Netherlands Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
