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Summary: Although the relationship between patrons and painters has attracted the interest of many art historians over recent decades, "Painting on commission" is the first study of surviving contracts in the Northern regions. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, altarpieces were among the most prestigious commissions. Because of the large sums of money these assignments involved, it was of great importance that proper agreements were made, and that these were consolidated in written documents. The written contract is thus the most important source underlying the genesis of the painted altarpiece. The study addresses whether altarpieces can justifiably be seen as a distinct functional category, and how many altarpieces are likely to have been created. It examines what an artist's contract consisted of, and in which ways it was comparable with other contracts. The contracts for the painted altarpieces in the northern Netherlands are examined in depth.

Altarpieces, Dutch. --- Altarpieces, Renaissance. --- Christian art and symbolism --- Painters --- Art --- Art patronage --- Retables néerlandais --- Retables de la Renaissance --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Peintres --- Mécénat --- Social conditions --- Commissioning --- History --- Conditions sociales --- Commande --- Histoire --- altaarstukken --- opdrachtgever --- wetgeving --- Simonsz van Waterlant, Claes --- Simonsz van Waterlant, Mouwerijn --- Jansz van der Goude, Anthonis --- Van Scorel, Jan --- Heemskerck, Maarten van --- Deys, Jan --- Maler, Ernst --- Broeck, Crispijn van den --- 1485 - 1570 --- 15de eeuw --- 16de eeuw --- Noordelijke Nederlanden --- Zuidelijke Nederlanden --- Retables néerlandais --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Mécénat --- Altarpieces, Dutch --- Altarpieces, Renaissance --- Painting, Dutch --- Dutch painting --- Art, Occidental --- Art, Visual --- Art, Western (Western countries) --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Visual --- Fine arts --- Iconography --- Occidental art --- Visual arts --- Western art (Western countries) --- Arts --- Aesthetics --- Renaissance altarpieces --- Dutch altarpieces --- Van Heemskerck, Maarten --- van Heemskerck, Maarten --- Art, Primitive --- altaarstukken. --- opdrachtgever. --- wetgeving. --- Simonsz van Waterlant, Claes. --- Simonsz van Waterlant, Mouwerijn. --- Jansz van der Goude, Anthonis. --- van Scorel, Jan. --- van Heemskerck, Maarten. --- Deys, Jan. --- Maler, Ernst. --- Broeck, Crispijn van den. --- 1485 - 1570. --- 15de eeuw. --- 16de eeuw. --- Noordelijke Nederlanden. --- Zuidelijke Nederlanden. --- van Scorel, Jan