Triptych with the Nativity and the Annunciation

Master of the Orléans Triptych

late 19th–early 20th century · Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Comparison of this triptych with the work of an early Renaissance French enamel painter known as the Master of the Orléans Triptych, whose artistic identity was first recognized in an enamel triptych depicting the Annunciation in the collection of the Musée HIstorique et Archéologique de l'Orléanais, Orléans, shows that the anonymous painter of the Metropolitan's acquisition tended to repeat the master's compositions, but with the kinds of generalized form and abbreviated detail that are usually associated with workshop production.

Artist

Master of the Orléans Triptych

Date

late 19th–early 20th century

Medium

Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt

Culture

French, Limoges

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982