Braque Family Triptych, c. 1450

The relatively small Braque triptych was intended for private use and was still in the possession of the patron who commissioned it in 1497, when she left it to her grandson in her will. Its exterior shows the coats of arms of Jean Braque and his wife Catherine de Brabant, who had married around 1450. Jean Braque died in June 1452, and since the exterior of the triptych refers to death and mortality, it could have been commissioned shortly after that date by his widow.

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