Seven Sacraments Altarpiece

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The Seven Sacraments Altarpiece is a mid-15th-century triptych by Rogier van der Weyden that intricately depicts the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church within a unified, richly detailed ecclesiastical interior.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian religious painting
altarpiece
triptych
artForm panel painting
artist Rogier van der Weyden
collection Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
commissionedFor ecclesiastical setting
countryOfOrigin Duchy of Burgundy
creator Rogier van der Weyden
depicts Anointing of the Sick
Baptism
Catholic Church sacraments
Confirmation
Crucifixion of Jesus
Eucharist
linked to: Holy Eucharist

Holy Orders
Matrimony
Penance
ecclesiastical interior
seven sacraments
genre religious art
hasCentralFigure Christ on the cross
linked to: crucified Jesus
hasDepiction angels
clergy
lay worshippers
hasInfluenceOn later Netherlandish altarpieces
hasPart central panel
left wing panel
right wing panel
hasStyle complex iconography
detailed realism
iconographicTheme salvation through the sacraments
inception mid-15th century
locatedIn Antwerp
Belgium
location Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
materialUsed oak panel
oil paint
movement Early Netherlandish painting
Northern Renaissance
notableWorkOf Rogier van der Weyden
originalLanguage none
paintedIn Brussels (probable)
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
period 15th century
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
subjectHeading sacraments in art
usesPerspective unified architectural space

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Rogier van der Weyden notableWork Seven Sacraments Altarpiece