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Triptych with the Nativity and the Annunciation

In the style of the Master of the Orléans Triptych French
late 19th–early 20th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 537
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Triptych with the Nativity and the Annunciation
  • Artist: In the style of the Master of the Orléans Triptych (French, active late 15th–early 16th century)
  • Date: late 19th–early 20th century
  • Culture: French, Limoges
  • Medium: Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt
  • Dimensions: Central panel: 8 1/2 × 8 in. (21.6 × 20.3 cm); Left and Right panels, each: 8 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (21.6 × 8.9 cm)
  • Classification: Enamels
  • Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.60.131
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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