BOUTS, Dieric the Elder
(b. ca. 1415, Haarlem, d. 1475, Leuven)

The Ordeal by Fire (detail)

c. 1460
Oil on wood
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

In the second panel, the Emperor is giving an audience to the widow. He sits on a throne beneath a dais, while she kneels before him to ask for reparation.