BELGIAN PAINTINGS
SIXTEENTH CENTURY ART. A sixteenth century polyptych has been discovered in the little church of St. Julien at Ath, about 30 miles from Brussels. It is considered by experts to be a fine specimen of that particular period, when art was to such an extent influenced by Italy as to cast a shadow on the origin of almost every Belgian painting. The newly-found paintings are in four panels measuring 30in. by 20in. They are elaborately painted on both sides, and bear the figures of Christ, St. Anthony the Hermit, St. Nicholas and St. Catherine. The author is unknown, but an authoritative Flemish art critic assumes that the panels are the work of a local master of the Hainaut diocese, who was consciously or unconsciously unaware of the importance of foreign schools.
The church of St. Julien of Ath was partly destroyed by fire in 1813. Its beautiful belfry did not suffer. The panels were found in a kind of small cupboard placed under the high altar.
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Southland Times, Issue 22461, 22 December 1934, Page 14
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168BELGIAN PAINTINGS Southland Times, Issue 22461, 22 December 1934, Page 14
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