Focus on Monforte Altarpiece and analyze the abstract.
The Monforte Altarpiece  (c. 1470) is an oil-on-oak-panel painting of the Adoration of the Magi by the Flemish painter Hugo van der Goes, now in the Gemäldegalerie,  Berlin, Germany.  The altarpiece was originally the central panel of a triptych with movable wings that are now lost; these were probably painted on both sides.  This is shown by the hinges remaining in the original frame.  Old copies of the work show the Nativity and Circumcision of Jesus on the wing panels.  The central panel has been reduced in size at the top. In 2023, a detailed reconstruction of the missing top portion was completed for an exhibition on van der Goes' work at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. A detailed description of the process and a photograph of the result are included in an article by museum curator Dr. Stephan Kemperdick .
Hugo van der Goes Circumcision of Jesus Berlin triptych Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Hugo Nativity Flemish Gemäldegalerie Magi Adoration of the Magi