Triptych

Unknown

ca. 1250–75 · Ivory, paint, gilding with metal mounts · Medieval Art

Portable ivory shrines may have facilitated the transmission of style and composition throughout medieval Europe. This miniature example echoes larger altarpieces or tabernacles, such as those from the abbey church of Saint-Denis outside Paris and the cathedral at Pisa. Images of the Crucifixion and the Glorification of the Virgin are the central focus. The figures are flanked by the personifications Church and Synagogue (above) and by Saints Paul and Peter (below).

Artist: Unknown
Date: ca. 1250–75
Medium: Ivory, paint, gilding with metal mounts
Culture: North French
Department: Medieval Art
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

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