Portrait of a Carthusian

The Timken Museum of art holds the painting Death of the Virgin by Petrus Christus, ca 1460-65 Putnam Foundation, oil on oak, transferred to mahogany (171.1x138.4 cm). There are six different galleries the Italian gallery, the French gallery, the American gallery, the Donna Knox sefton gallery, the Special Exhibition gallery and the Icon gallery. The Italian gallery is pink and the paintings hang from the walls on pink cords. The French gallery is a mirror image of the Italian gallery. The American gallery is a replica of the Italian gallery. Next is the Special Exhibitions gallery which currently has on display Witness to War: Callot, Goya, Bellows. The Icon gallery has green carpeted walls. Some of the pieces hang from the walls on ropes while others are mounted. The donna knox Sefton Gallery is the gallery that holds Death of the Virgin. The walls are cool grey and the paintings are mounted, the lighting is soft. Petrus Christus’s Death of the Virgin depicts the scene of the virgin Mary's death. In the middle of the painting is a bed with a red covering. Mary lays in bed holding a candle. Surrounding the bed is a group of men. Above the bed is a depiction of Mary being carried up by angels to god. In the foreground of the painting is the door to the room through which more men are entering next to the door is a red bench, alongside the bench is a man looking out a window, next to him is a table covered with a red table cloth. In the background outside the room are hills…