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Melchior Broederlam
(active 1381-1409)
Broederlam, Melchior
(active 1381-1409).
Netherlandish painter, court painter to Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy,
from 1387. Documents show that he was a busy and versatile artist, but his
only surviving works are two wings from an altarpiece representing
The Annunciation and Visitation and
The Presentation and Flight into Egypt
(Musee des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, 1394-99).
They are among the first and finest examples of
International Gothic,
combining lavish decorative display with realistic touches that look
forward to the later development of the Netherlandish School.
The figure of St Joseph in
The Flight into Egypt,
for example, is represented as an authentic peasant.
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