An important altarpiece in an American museum is filled with disguised symbolism -- a woman sitting on the ground, a pot of lilies, a candle that has just gone out, lions on the armrests of a bench, and a little item intended to rid one's home of vermin. What is this work of art, and what does that pest-control device mean?

peasypod

Would this be the Merode Altarpiece? As for the mousetrap---"The human flesh of Christ is a bait for the devil who, in seizing it, brings about his own ruin." http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/arth214_folder/campin.html Nov 02 05, 5:54 PM

lanfranco

Spectacular, peasy! A major yay! And you found the right site, too. Meyer Schapiro was one of our greats, and his work on the symbolism of the Merode Altarpiece was groundbreaking. Nov 02 05, 6:16 PM

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