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Period
Gothic
Date
1250–1260
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object no.
464278

Triptych

Unknown maker, 1250–1260

Triptych at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 · Public domain

The record

Maker
Unknown maker
Date
1250–1260
Medium
Elephant ivory, paint, gilding with metal mounts
Dimensions
wings open: 5 1/16 × 5 3/8 × 3/8 in. (12.9 × 13.7 × 1 cm) Other (wings closed): 5 1/16 × 2 5/8 × 3/4 in. (12.9 × 6.7 × 1.9 cm)
Period
Gothic

Why it matters

Triptych, dated 1250–1260, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Elephant ivory, paint, gilding with metal mounts. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are wings open: 5 1/16 × 5 3/8 × 3/8 in. (12.9 × 13.7 × 1 cm) Other (wings closed): 5 1/16 × 2 5/8 × 3/4 in. (12.9 × 6.7 × 1.9 cm). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.