# The Holy Trinity [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MASTER of Flémalle \(Robert Campin\)]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Oil on wood, 148,7 x 61 cm ## Commentary The Holy Trinity c. 1410 Oil on wood, 148,7 x 61 cm Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt This panel is one of three paintings in Frankfurt which derive from a dismantled retable whose original appearance is not known. Probably the retable had double wings on each side. The interior could have been painted. The three panels are also the representative work of the artist from Tournai known as the Master of Flémalle, identified as Robert Campin. The side panels represent St Veronica who holds the cloth marked with the face of Christ,and the standing figure of Virgin Mary who suckles the infant Christ. The third panel, probably from the reverse side of the retable, represents the Holy Trinity in grisaille: God the Father supports the dead Christ and shows the body to the whole community; the Holy Spirit is present in the form of a dove. The Trinity panel is one of the oldest example of a grisaille portraying imitation stone sculpture on the exterior of an altarpiece. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation \(detail\)]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Blessing Christ and Praying Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Blessing Christ and Praying Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Blessing Christ and Praying Virgin]() - [Holy Trinity]() - [Madonna by a Grassy Bank]() - [Madonna with the Child by a Fireplace]() - [Madonna with the Child \(detail\)]() - [Mérode Altarpiece \(detail\)]() - [Mérode Altarpiece \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()