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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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