# Portable Triptych [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BICCI, Lorenzo di]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Tempera on panel, gold ground, 74 x 40 cm \(central panel\), 56 x 14 cm \(each wing\) ## Commentary The arrangement and combination of subjects in this devotional triptych were common throughout the Florentine Trecento and early Quattrocento, a tried and tested formula which found its origin in <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/daddi/bigallo.html'\)" href="/html/d/daddi/bigallo.html">Bernardo Daddi's Bigallo Triptych</a> of 1333. The left wing depicts the Nativity; the right wing shows the Crucifixion. The pinnacles above each wing form a single narrative representing the Annunciation. At centre, below a blessing Christ, the Virgin sits on a Gothic throne, adorned with a red and gold cloth of honour. A corporeal Christ Child sits upon her lap and, with an innovative gesture of tenderness, clutches her finger. Surrounding them are a group of six saints, which include John the Baptist and John the Evangelist. ## Related artworks - [Crucifix]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Madonna and Child with Angels]() - [Madonna of Humility with Two Angels]() - [St Mark]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()