Melchior Broederlam

Melchior Broederlam, Annunciation and Visitation (1393–1399), left panel of a pair; (Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts)
The right panel: Presentation of Jesus and the Flight into Egypt. Each panel, including the frame, is 167cm high and 125cm wide.

Melchior Broederlam (born Ypres, perhaps c. 1350; died Ypres?, after 1409) was one of the earliest Early Netherlandish painters to whom surviving works can be confidently attributed. He worked mostly for Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and is documented from 1381 to 1409.[1] Although only a single large pair of panel paintings can confidently be attributed to him, no history of Western painting can neglect his contribution.[2]

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  2. ^ See Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Janson, and Levey, for example