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Nativity
Robert Campin
about 1420-1425
Oil on panel, 84.1 x 69.9 cm
Dijon, Musee des Beaux-Arts
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- on the Virgin's mantle is the beginning of the Salve Regina: SALVE REGIN(A MATER MISERICOR)DIE V(I)TA DVLCEDO ET SPES NOSTRA SALVE AD TE CL(AMAMV)S EXVLES FILII EVE AD TE SVSPIRAMUS GEMENTES ET FLENTES IN HAC LACR(IMARVM VALLE).
- on the banderole of the three angels: Gloria in exelsis deo Et in terr(a pax homi)nibus bone vol(untatis).
- on the banderole of the kneeling woman: Azel. Virgo peperit filium.
- on the banderole of the standing woman: Salome. (Nullum) credo quin probavero.
- on the banderole of the white angel: Tange puerum et sanaberis.
On this painting Campin integrated the biblical scene with every day life, which was followed by Netherlandish painters down the centuries. The landscape in the background was a realistically depiction of a fifteenth century walled town in Flandres. It was connected with the foreground scene with a path, which was used for the first time in the history of painting.
The colours of the clothes are not coincidental but well considered: "The colours of the of the clothes and robes, in particular, are used not only as elements of compositional structure but also as bearers of meaning…" (Felix Thurleman, Robert Campin, A monographic study with a critical catalogue, Prestel)
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