ID: 700000142 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000142	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Los Desposorios de la Virgen (painting (visual work); Robert Campin (Flemish painter and draftsman, ca. 1375/1379-...; 1420/1430; Museo del Prado (Madrid, Madrid province, Comunidad de Madri...; P001887)

Note: Probably part of a Life of the Virgin series by this artist. Two scenes are represented in this work. On the left, in a circular, Romanesque interior covered with a dome, is the Miracle of the flowering Rod, which designated Joseph as the man to marry Mary. In the building´s stained-glass windows, capitals and tympana are scenes from the Old Testament that foreshadow or announce others from the New Testament, such as the sacrifice of Isaac, which prefigures the Redemption of Christ. On the right is a depiction of the Betrothal of the Virgin under a gothic portico, announcing the imminent arrival of the New Law. In this, one of his earliest works, Campin maintains the characteristic exoticism of the international style, combined with Flemish naturalism and the clear depiction of the quality of things. The figures of Saint Claire and Saint James the Elder are painted on the back in grisaille, in a sculptural manner.

Titles:

Los Desposorios de la Virgen (preferred,C,U,Spanish,U,U)

Marriage of the Virgin (C,U,English-P,U,U)

Betrothal of the Virgin (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1420/1430

Creator Display:

Robert Campin (Flemish painter and draftsman, ca. 1375/1379-1444 [preferred,VP]

painter Campin, Robert (Flemish painter and draftsman, ca. 1375/1379-1444) [500021163]

Locations:

Current: Museo del Prado (Madrid, Madrid province, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain) [500270885] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: P001887

Other: Former: El Escorial (Madrid, Madrid province, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain) [500302339] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: Inv. Real Museo, 1857. Núm. 409

Display Materials: oil on oak panel, grisaille

	oil paint (paint) [300015050]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)

	panel (wood by form) [300014657]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)

	oak (wood) [300012264]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by composition or origin>, hardwood)

	grisaille [300053386]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques for special effects>)

Dimensions: 77 cm x 88 cm

Cultures:

Flemish (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Marriage of the Virgin Mary [901000027]
	.....((Life of the Virgin Mary, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Miracle of the Flowering Rod [901002030]
	.....((Life of Saint Joseph, spouse of Mary, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Saint James the Greater [901000049]
	.....((Christian characters, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Claire d’Assise, Saint (Italian abbess, saint, 1194-1253) [500450155]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	betrothal [300393188]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, ceremonies, cultural ceremonies, rites of passage) (AAT)

	continuous narrative [300056330]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, artistic concepts, formal concepts (artistic concept), <visual and representational concepts>, <representational concepts by temporality of subject>) (AAT)

Provenance: Royal Collection; panel entered El Escorial in 1584, arriving at the Prado Museum in 1839

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Additional Notes:

Spanish ..... Se representan dos escenas en esta obra. A la izquierda, en un interior circular románico cubierto con cúpula, se desarrolla el milagro de la vara florecida, por el que se designa a José como esposo de María. En las vidrieras del edificio, en los capiteles y tímpanos aparecen escenas del Antiguo Testamento que anticipan o anuncian otras del Nuevo Testamento, como el sacrificio de Isaac, prefiguración de la Redención de Cristo. A la derecha tiene lugar el momento de los desposorios de María y José bajo un pórtico gótico, con el que se anuncia la inminente llegada de la Nueva Ley. Es una de las obras más tempranas de Campin en la que mantiene el exotismo propio del estilo internacional, unido al naturalismo flamenco y a la traducción de las calidades de las cosas. En el reverso, en grisalla y a modo de esculturas, están pintadas las figuras de Santa Clara y Santiago el Mayor.

Sources and Contributors:
Los Desposorios de la Virgen	........ [VP]
	........ Museo del Prado [online] (2000-) accessed 7 February 2018
Marriage of the Virgin	........ [VP]
	........ Blanch, Prado Museum (2008)
	........ Campbell, Robert Campin, the Master of Flémalle (1974)
Betrothal of the Virgin	........ [VP]
	........ Prado Museum online (2005-) https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/the-betrothal-of-the-virgin/6f303c39-3d03-4d48-8bb0-ffe162d017dd

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Campbell, Robert Campin, the Master of Flémalle (1974)
	..... Prado Museum online (2005-) accessed 7 February 2018
Spanish	..... [VP]
	..... Museo del Prado [online] (2000-)