Triptych: Pietà

early 16th century

Master of the Triptych of Louis XII

Artist, French, active late 15th - early 16th century

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    enamel on copper

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    center panel: 20.3 x 19.1 cm (8 x 7 1/2 in.)
    overall (each wing): 19.1 x 7.3 cm (7 1/2 x 2 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1942.9.288

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase by funds of the Estate, 1942.[1]
[1] Widener Collection records in NGA Curatorial Records.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1935

  • Inventory of the Objects d'Art at Lynnewood Hall, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, The Estate of the Late P.A.B. Widener. Philadelphia, 1935: 35, Raphael Room, as by Leonard Pénicaud.

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 10, as by Léonard (Nardon) Pénicaud.

1983

  • Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 215, no. 4, as by Jean I Pénicaud.

Inscriptions

on Saint Peter's mantle: Ave Maria grat...; on left wing, under the shell vault: ....NVS.DEI; on right wing, under shell vault: Q:TOLLI

Wikidata ID

Q62131011

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