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May 23, 2013
LECTURE

Thinking Globally: Exploring the MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian Art Collection

7 – 8 p.m.
Pillsbury Auditorium

Presenter: Risha Lee, the MIA's Jane Emison Assistant Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art. The MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian art collection contains many gems of art, produced in a variety of times and places. In an introduction to the collecti...
Lamentation with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Title:Lamentation with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Artist:Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy
Date:1493-1501
Creation Place:Europe, Netherlands, Bruges
Credit Line:Bequest of John R. Van Derlip in memory of Ethel Morrison Van Derlip
Accession Number:35.7.87
Triptychs (hinged three-paneled works) such as this were often placed on or behind the altars of medieval churches. The central panel of this triptych shows people mourning the death of Jesus. The city in the background is Bruges, where the artist worked. Saint John the Baptist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria are pictured on the side panels. On the outside of the folding wings, the artist presents the story of the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel announces to Mary that she will bear a divine son.