# Stavelot Triptych [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, French]() - Date: 1151-1200 - Technique: Enamel, copper and silver gilt, 48 x 32 x 8 cm \(closed\) ## Commentary The Stavelot Triptych is a medieval reliquary intended to protect, honour and display pieces of the True Cross. It was created by Mosan goldsmiths \(working in the valley of the Meuse River\) around 1156 at Stavelot Abbey in present-day Belgium. The Triptych is a three-part winged shrine. In such a triptych, the outer wings protect \(when swung shut\) the middle section, which contains two smaller triptychs, each containing pieces of the True Cross. ## 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]()