Dresden Triptych

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The Dresden Triptych is a small, richly detailed early Netherlandish altarpiece by Jan van Eyck, celebrated for its intricate realism and devotional imagery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf altarpiece
painting
triptych
artHistoricalSignificance important example of Early Netherlandish triptych
artist Jan van Eyck
centralPanelDepicts Virgin and Child enthroned
collection Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
conservationStatus well preserved
country Germany
creator Jan van Eyck
dateOfCreation 1430s
depicts Annunciation
Child Jesus
surface form: Christ Child

Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Saint Michael
Virgin Mary
dimensionType small-scale
format portable altarpiece
function private devotion
genre religious painting
hasDetail elaborate textiles
jewelled throne
richly decorated floor tiles
hasPart central panel
left wing
right wing
hasPerspective detailed linear perspective in architecture
iconographicTheme Annunciation to the Virgin
Virgin and Child enthroned
surface form: Virgin and Child in majesty

veneration of saints
inception circa 1437
languageOfInscriptions Latin
leftWingDepicts Annunciation
locatedIn Dresden
location Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister
materialUsed oil paint
movement Flemish Primitives art
surface form: Early Netherlandish painting
notableFor detailed architectural setting
devotional imagery
intricate realism
miniature scale
partOf oeuvre of Jan van Eyck
period Northern Renaissance
rightWingDepicts Saint Michael and Saint Catherine
style Gothic
support oak panel
technique oil on panel

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Jan van Eyck notableWork Dresden Triptych