This remarkable forbidden image of historians is considered one of the late works of Rogier van der Weyden. Strongly complicating the dating is that Jean Chevro, on whose orders the artist, apparently, created a triptych, was Bishop of Turna for quite some time – from 1436 to 1460. The fact that the altarpiece was written in the years of his episcopacy, the arms of the city of Turna and of Jean Chevroux, placed in the upper corners of each of the three panels of the image, say. The central panel of the triptych depicts the crucified Savior.
Particular attention here deserves the figure of Our Lady. Master writes it weak and almost losing consciousness from grief. If the apostle John did not support her, she would not have the strength to stand on her feet. Note that the whole scene is not placed against the backdrop of an abstract landscape with the city in the distance, but in the interior of the Gothic church, and the church is quite specific.
Researchers creativity Rogier agree that it is the church of St. Gudula in Brussels. On the central panel the artist depicts the sacrament of communion. The side panels illustrate other ordinances known to the Roman Catholic Church. To the left – the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, confession. On the right are the sacrament of sobor, marriage and ordination. Let us note that Rogier was the first painter who depicted all seven sacraments simultaneously. Before him, each ordinance was ordinarily dedicated to a separate picture.
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