Triptych Panel with Pietá

15th–16th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 544

The central panel is from a triptych with wings depicting Saint Catherine and Saint Sebastian. The scene of the dead Christ outstretched on the knees of his mother was probably based on a panel painting of the fifteenth-century Avignon school, such as the Pietà of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.

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Title: Triptych Panel with Pietá
Artist: Master of the Triptych of Louis XII (ca. 1490–ca. 1515)
Date: 15th–16th century
Geography: Made in Limoges, France
Culture: French
Medium: Painted enamel, copper
Dimensions: Overall - entire triptych: 7 3/8 x 14 1/8 in. (18.7 x 35.9 cm)
Classification: Enamels-Painted
Credit Line: The Jules S. Bache Collection, 1949
Object Number: 49.7.110a
Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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early 16th century

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