# Triptych [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, French]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Enamel, 13 x 13 cm \(centrepiece\) ## Commentary The corpus of this triptych, representing the Man of Sorrows, is a sculptured group in gold covered with white enamel. The two side wings are colourful enamels with Mary and an angel carrying the cross on the left, John the Evangelist with an angel holding the lance on the right. The reverse sides of the wings depict St John the Baptist and St Catherine incised and covered with a transparent enamel glaze. Above the centrepiece is a diminutive sculptured group in gold with the Coronation of Mary. This tiny triptych displays the virtuosity of goldsmiths and enamelists in creating small reliquaries and other religious objects. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of Faith in Baptism]() - [Angel Reliquary \(detail\)]() - [Angel Reliquary]() - [Aquamanile]() - [Binding of a Book of Hours]() - [Bust Reliquary]() - [Butterfly Reliquary]() - [Casket with Scenes of Courtly Love]() - [Casket with Scenes of Courtly Love]() - [Corpus]() - [Enseigne with battle composition]() - [Fibula of Picquigny]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()