A previously unknown and recently recovered Brussels altarpiece (1470-90) in an Aachen church

Dagmar Preising / Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen

A previously unknown and recently rediscovered Brussels altarpiece (1470-90)

in an Aachen church

Ghislaine Derveaux-Van Ussel: Le retable malinois de l‘èglise d‘Ödeby, (artes belgicae), Bruxelles 1973, p.81

Aachen / Schleckheim, Trinity chapel nowadays, built 1646, rebuilt in 19th century , choir and transept 1930sAltarpiece in the chapel since 1802

Aachen /Schleckheim, Trinity chapel, choir, photo before 1933

© Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln (RBA)

The altarpiece without predella and altar of the 19th century

Photo before renovation of chapel and altarpiece in the 1990s

Altarpiece in Aachen / Schleckheim, Trinity chapel, state 2011 after maltreatment in the 1990s

© by courtesy of Rheinisches Amt f. Denkmalpflege/ LVR Pulheim

(and following images concering the altarpiece)

All fragments of the canopies fortunately survived in the attic of the chapel

Fragments of the architectural canopies

Brussels quality mark (‚keurmerk‘) on the top board of one canopy

Brussels quality mark for the carver‘s work on the head of a figure, discovered in the workshop of LVR

Brussels quality mark for the carpenter‘s work on top of the shrine, right corner, discovered in the workshop of LVR

Composite and refined canopy of the left compartment before inserting into the shrine

Canopy after inserting into the left compartment

Journey of the Magi, two different states of restoration

Shrine = baltic wainscot, figures = local oak,191 x 212 x 20 cm, State before retouches and adding the canopies

Schleckheim altarpiece 2011 State after restoration 2015

Nativity in the left compartment

central compartment with Adoration of the Magi

Presentation in temple in the right compartment

Brussels altarpiece with the nativity scene, c. 1470-80, 123 x 105,5 cm

Berlin, Bode-Museum, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

Brussels altarpiece with the nativity scene, 1490-1500, 105 x 97 cm

Musée communal de la Ville de Bruxelles

So-called Rouen altarpiece, Brusselc. 1470-1490165 x 175 x 26 cm

Rouen, Musée départemental des Antiquité

2015-04-26Consecration of the altarpiece by the auxiliary bischop Karl Borschin the Trinity chapel Aachen / Schleckheim