# Monforte Altarpiece \(detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GOES, Hugo van der](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oil on wood

## Commentary

A group of villagers observe this extraordinary scene through a gap in the wall. The figures, both actors and witnesses, are all shown on the same scale, whether humble or magnificent. They are neither reticent nor exalted, but react to the event in their various ways, surprised or self-conscious. A tiny squirrel is running along one of the beams above the opening through which the villagers observe the scene.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/adoration-of-the-shepherds-detail-r0ac4f35cec6437>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/adoration-of-the-shepherds-detail-r5e17062363b326>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/adoration-of-the-shepherds-detail-r9ee87007ca3aa5>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/adoration-of-the-shepherds-detail-rd97d37ea70143b>)
- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/adoration-of-the-shepherds-r5ecc680156a8fc>)
- [Calvary Triptych \(central panel\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/calvary-triptych-central-panel-r7b80352a6967a0>)
- [Calvary Triptych \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/calvary-triptych-detail-r0183264bbb453c>)
- [Calvary Triptych \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/calvary-triptych-detail-r2a7a1f07a0bc6f>)
- [Calvary Triptych \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/calvary-triptych-detail-r3fede7f75a07ca>)
- [Calvary Triptych \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/calvary-triptych-detail-r75bd2952705289>)
- [Calvary Triptych \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/calvary-triptych-detail-rb8b1f46834b4b0>)
- [Calvary Triptych \(left wing\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/goes-hugo-van-der-rb90a685668165a/calvary-triptych-left-wing-rbf277f379f213b>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)