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Crazy about Dymphna : the story of a girl who drove a medieval city mad

Title

Crazy about Dymphna : the story of a girl who drove a medieval city mad / Sven Van Dorst, Katharina Van Cauteren ; authors, Patrick Allegaert, Janick Appelmans, Till-Holger Borchert [and twenty others] ; translation, Helen Simpson [and three others].

Publication

Veurne : Hannibal : The Phoebus Foundation, [2020]
©2020

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Description

383 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits; 30 cm

Summary

In the early sixteenth century, the popularity of Saint Dimpna made the abbot of the abbey of Tongerlo decide to have a huge altarpiece that would depict the life story of this special saint. The assignment came into the hands of the Antwerp painter Goossen Van der Weyden, grandson of Flemish Primitive Rogier, who took over many elements from his grandfather in his eclectic style. The result of this assignment, the monumental Dimpna altarpiece, was recently acquired by The Phoebus Foundation. The panels were treated in the Foundation's restoration studio for three years. The astonishing result led to new insights into the history of the altarpiece, its maker and commissioner, and about the cult of Saint Dimpna. Leading specialists shed their light on the altarpiece and their years of research are now bundled in this luxurious, richly illustrated publication. Exhibition: Sint-Dimpnakerk, Geel, Belgium (27.03.-07.06.2020) / Art Museum of Estonia - Niguliste Museum, Tallinn, Estonia (20.06. - 04.10.2020).

Alternative Title

Story of a girl who drove a medieval city mad

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Catalog of an exhibiton held at the Sint-Dimpna- en Gasthuismuseum (Geel, Belgium), from March 27 - June 7, 2020; and at the Art Museum of Estonia - Niguliste Museum, Tallinn, Estonia from June 20 - October 10, 2020.
Translated from the original Dutch.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

JQF 21-1585

ISBN

9789463887427
9463887423

OCLC

1151892737

Title

Publisher

Veurne : Hannibal : The Phoebus Foundation, [2020]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Weyden, Goossen van der, 1465-approximately 1545, artist.

Van Dorst, Sven, 1990- editor, author.

Cauteren, Katharina van, editor, writer of foreword.

Allegaert, P. (Patrick), author.

Appelmans, Janick, author.

Borchert, Till, author.

Simpson, Helen (Translator), translator.

Phoebus Foundation, issuing body.

Sint-Dimpna- en Gasthuismuseum (Geel, Belgium), host institution.

Niguliste Muuseum (Tallinn, Estonia), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 21-1585

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