Question
Answer the following about Northern Renaissance altarpieces that went on eventful boat journeys, for 10 points each:
[10e] It took some eight years, and eventually the help of “sixteen burly porters”, for a boat to finally travel up the Arno to deliver the Portinari Altarpiece, which is one of these paintings made up of three panels.
ANSWER: triptychs [accept Portinari Triptych]
[10h] This triptych was stolen at sea by the pirate Paul Beneke and taken to Danzig, frustrating its commissioner Angelo Tani. Coincidentally, Tommaso Portinari was the basis for a figure who sits in a scale in this triptych.
ANSWER: The Last Judgment [by Hans Memling]
[10m] A large proportion of this German artist’s output was lost at sea while being taken by boat to Sweden. Thankfully, however, this painter’s Isenheim Altarpiece survives.
ANSWER: Matthias Grünewald
Summary
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