Triptych with the Entombment
16th century
Medium
Painted enamel, copper
Dimensions
Overall (with wings fully open): 14 5/16 x 20 1/4 x 9/16 in. (36.3 x 51.5 x 1.4 cm) left and right wing: 14 x 4 3/4 x 9/16 in. (35.6 x 12 x 1.4 cm) center panel: 14 5/16 x 10 7/8 x 9/16 in. (36.3 x 27.6 x 1.4 cm) left and right wing-upper panel: 4 15/16 x 4 7/16 in. (12.6 x 11.2 cm) left and right wing-lower panel: 8 1/2 x 4 7/16 in. (21.6 x 11.2 cm) center panel-upper section: 4 15/16 x 10 1/16 in. (12.5 x 25.5 cm) center panel-lower section: 8 9/16 x 10 1/16 in. (21.7 x 25.5 cm)
Classification
Enamels-Painted
Culture
French
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
Accession Number
49.7.104
Rights
Public Domain
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About the Artist
Nardon Pénicaud · 1470–1543
Nardon Pénicaud (c. 1470–c. 1542/43) was a pioneering French enameler based in Limoges, recognized as the founder of the first dynasty of enamel artists in that city. Little is known about his early life or training, which remains sparsely documented, but he established a workshop that produced exquisite painted enamels on copper, primarily depicting religious subjects in a distinctive French Goth...