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Jan Polack
Four Panelscirca 1500

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Vertical oil panel painting depicting two nude figures in a garden beneath a heavenly assembly of angels, with a Latin scroll unfurling between the two zones
Oil painting, vertical panel depicting a kneeling elderly bearded figure in red robes gesturing toward three angels in pale robes holding scrolls with Gothic text, a woman at a workbench at left, and a hilly landscape with a castle and small figures in the background.
Oil painting of a baptism scene with three figures in the foreground: a robed man pouring water over a standing pale figure in white, attended by kneeling and standing angels. A walled city and green landscape fill the middle ground, with a heavenly figure amid tree branches at top holding a ribbon inscribed with Gothic script.
Oil painting of a central bearded figure in brown robes, hands raised, surrounded by a crowd of figures in colorful garments; a white dove descends from above amid scrolling Gothic script banners, set beneath a painted arch with gold background.
Artist or Maker
Jan Polack
Germany, active Bavaria and Munich 1479-1519
Title
Four Panels
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
circa 1500
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
Panel (each panel): 65 3/4 × 19 1/2 × 1 in. (167.01 × 49.53 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.1.8a-d
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Catalogue of Paintings II: Flemish, German, Dutch and English Paintings XV-XVIII Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1954.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.

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