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| Keywords: Master of Arguis - Exterior of a Triptych with Saints Lawrence and Leonard - Walters 37868 - Closed.jpg Altarpieces with hinged wings were closed except on major feast days so that ordinarily only the exterior panels of the wings were visible They were often less sumptuous than the interior though no less intriguing Here everyday details and fantasy are intimately linked The vigorously painted figures of Saints Lawrence holding the grill on which he was burned alive and Leonard stand in front of a brocade cloth hung from simple hooks in a low-ceilinged room The saints stand in a meadow strewn with little flowers At Saint Leonard's feet is the spring which he discovered using a divining rod and the animals drawn to its waters The interior is much more flamboyant with an architecturally-defined center panel originally housing painted wooden statues of saints now missing and individual saints on the wings The name of the painter is unknown but the style including the characteristic circles under the eyes is close to that of the Altarpiece of the Legend of Saint Michael from a church in Arguis Spain now in the Prado Museum in Madrid However the attribution is uncertain; indeed comparisons have also been made with Austrian painting of the period ca 1450 Late Medieval oil gold leaf and wax on wood framed cm 133 4 205 7 26 7 ; open cm 137 16 206 38 29 21 accession number 37 868 34852 Henry Walters Baltimore after 1929 by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Aragon Spain Walters Art Museum license 2D Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Master of Arguis Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
