Identities Revealed by Symbols and Details: Patrons and Painters of Late Medieval Transylvanian Altarpieces
Identities Revealed by Symbols and Details: Patrons and Painters of Late Medieval Transylvanian Altarpieces

Summary/Abstract: This study aims to analyse a series of marginal details present on Transylvanian late medieval altarpieces. They consist of small inscriptions, monograms, heraldry, portraits of donors, different kind of visual symbols, disguised iconography, etc. and they reveal the identities of both, artists and patrons of the above mentioned altarpieces. Even though they are marginal, the cited symbols are bringing important information concerning the artworks. Therefore, their investigation proves to be very revealing in the search for the authorship and/or patronage.

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