T. BUDGE HYDE

Raphael/Rogier van der Weyden

Raphael 1, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 2, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 3, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 4, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 5, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 6, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 7, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 8, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 9, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 10, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 11, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 12, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Raphael 13, 2013, 30x22.5, digital prints mounted on archival paper

Description

Approximately, thirty years ago while visiting The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. I purchased two small inexpensive prints by Raphael and Rogier van der Weyden. About eight years later, I noticed them tucked away in a portfolio. Still enamored, I felt inclined to create two new, yet very similar, series of works utilizing both portraits.

Individually, both portraits were digitized and put with my personal imagery, creating a new set of complex transformative images, inviting a viewer to reconfigure a more existential and contemporary set of metaphors.

Historical Information

"Portrait of a Lady" by Rogier van der Weyden, Netherlandish 1399/1400-64, Oil on Panel, 13 3/8 x 10 1/16 inches, Andrew W. Mellon Collection, Washington National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

"Bindo Altoviti" by Raphael c.1550 Italian High Renaissance, Oil on wood, 23½ X 17¼ inches, Samuel H. Kress Collection, Washington National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.