Below are the answers to this year's Christmas Details puzzle. First, I'd like to apologize for putting up a very hasty set of details. My explanation is that it was scrambled together on Christmas morning. The selection was too narrow and unlike Tom Lubbock's selections, there was no theme. Finally, the some of the details were too small, I think.
Having said all that, I received two entries, each correctly identifying each painting. According to tradition, alternative titles were accepted provided the correct painting had been identified. It's remarkable and inspiring that there are still people out there willing to struggle with details just for the satisfaction of finding them. The congratulations and plaudits in 2017 must therefore go to,
David Rutledge
Francesca Cassano
To my knowledge, David Rutledge won the Details competition more than a few times.
Possibly next Christmas I shall prepare better and give a wider selection of details, even decide on a theme.
Please note that I shall be removing the yahoo email address which I posted up with the competition, as they are susceptible to being picked up and create spam for me and anyone on my address list. Any further correspondence can be taken forward by posting a comment on this Blog to which I shall respond.
Best wishes to all for 2017, though I do not find the political climate to be encouraging to put it mildly.
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Having said all that, I received two entries, each correctly identifying each painting. According to tradition, alternative titles were accepted provided the correct painting had been identified. It's remarkable and inspiring that there are still people out there willing to struggle with details just for the satisfaction of finding them. The congratulations and plaudits in 2017 must therefore go to,
David Rutledge
Francesca Cassano
To my knowledge, David Rutledge won the Details competition more than a few times.
Possibly next Christmas I shall prepare better and give a wider selection of details, even decide on a theme.
Please note that I shall be removing the yahoo email address which I posted up with the competition, as they are susceptible to being picked up and create spam for me and anyone on my address list. Any further correspondence can be taken forward by posting a comment on this Blog to which I shall respond.
Best wishes to all for 2017, though I do not find the political climate to be encouraging to put it mildly.
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1. St Luke painting the Virgin - Derick Baegert
2. Glatz Madonna - Master of the Glatz Madonna
3. St Nicholas and the Three Gold Balls - Gentile da Fabriano
4. Camera degli Sposi - Andrea Mantegna
5. St Jerome - Workshop of Jan van Eyck (Dated the year after van Eyck's death)
6. The Birth of St John the Baptist - Domenico Ghirlandaio
7. The Visitation with St Nicholas and Anthony Abbot - Piero di Cosimo
8. The Nativity - Piero della Francesca
9. The Archangel Gabriel - Masolino da Panicale
