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The Trinity Altarpiece: The Holy Trinity
c. 1478–1479 · Oil on panel · National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
For Trinity Sunday
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image 9.7×20 in on a 16×20 in sheet
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God the Father sits on a gold throne and holds His dead Son against Him, one arm hanging, and the Holy Spirit, as a dove, spreads between them. Dermot Morrin OP reads the image as a Throne of Mercy, named for the lid of the Ark in the Temple, and suggests that the red of the Father's robe is Christ's blood. The Royal Collection Trust records that the throne's gold is real leaf, and an x-ray showing scoring above the Father's head, probably an iconoclast's. Hugo van der Goes set the donor, Edward Bonkil, first provost of Edinburgh's Holy Trinity, kneeling before this vision. The Father's face was left alone.
Sources: National Galleries of Scotland, 'The Trinity Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes', NG 1772. · Dermot Morrin OP, 'The Holy Trinity, Edinburgh', Dominicans in Scotland. · Angel's organ rendered in actual gold leaf, an archaic technique read as a deliberate break from naturalism to signal unmediated spiritual vision · Royal Collection Trust, 'The Trinity Panels by Hugo van der Goes'. · Leviticus 16:14-15, 16:34, Douay-Rheims. · Royal Collection Trust, 'The Trinity Panels by Hugo van der Goes: Materials and techniques'. · Royal Collection Trust, 'Hugo van der Goes (c. 1440-1482), The Trinity Altarpiece panels', RCIN 403260.