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Pietà with saints John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene
Pietà with saints John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene
Upper scene: Virgin and Child enthroned; Lower scene: kneeling monk holds banderole with his name; St. Bruno, identified by his coat of arms, who was the founder of the Carthusian Order that François Du Puy belonged to, stands behind him
Crucifixion with the Virgin swooning supported by St. John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene in the left foreground
Triptych - corpus: Adoration of the Magi; left wing: Donor with two sons; right wing: Donatrix with two daughters; lower medallion: Virgin of the Seven Sorrows
St. Christopher crosses the water carrying the Christ Child guided by a hermit holding a lamp; Anne, Joachim, Mary and the Christ Child are seated together and Joachim reads from a book
upper: St Jerome as a cardinal, St. Jerome and the lion and in the background merchants. lower: St Jerome in the wilderness kneeling before a crucifix, in front of him his lion and behind him his cardinal's robes. In the background a castle amid trees.
source: V&A website
Triptych: Adoration of the Magi; Left wing: Annunciation, Journey to Bethlehem, Nativity
Right wing: Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt; Christ in the Temple
Reliquary holder behind blank escutcheon on base
Upper scene: St. Christopher; lower scene: Holy Family
Triptych with Passion scenes - centre: Crucifixion; Left wing: Carrying of the Cross; Right wing: Descent from the Cross; Exterior left wing: Holy Kinship; Exterior right wing: St. Bavo (?); Lower centre: Entombment; Left wing; kneeling male donor with coat of arms; Right wing: female donor with coat of arms
Upper scene: Crucifixion; lower scene; Carrying of the Cross; on the outside are four medallions with heraldic lions holding an empty escutcheon