BROEDERLAM, MELCHIOR

(1355-1411)

   Flemish master, known only for his Dijon Altarpiece (1394-1399; Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts), painted for the Chartreuse de Champmol, the Carthusian monastery of Dijon established by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. The work shows the Annunciation, Visitation, Presentation, and Flight into Egypt on two panels of irregular shape. These scenes owe debt to Italian developments of the era, particularly the three-dimensional architectural representations of Ambrogio Lorenzetti.