Untangling (somewhat) an art whodunit

International Herald Tribune | December 13, 2008| | Copyright

Michael Kimmelman The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
12-13-2008
Untangling (somewhat) an art whodunit
Byline: Michael Kimmelman The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 1
Section: FEATURES

FRANKFURT --

Here at the Stdel Museum "The Master of Flemalle and Rogier van der Weyden" is an old-fashioned whodunit. Almost exhaustingly erudite, it mixes up very great Netherlandish paintings of the 15th century with a few not so great ones to unravel perennial questions from galaxy academe about which artist painted what.

Why should we care? For the same reason film buffs debate if ...

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