Miniature Altarpiece

Object Name

Triptych

Artist/Maker

Adam Dircksz

Object Type

Ceremonial Artifacts

Date

c. 1500

Medium

boxwood

Credit Line

Hofgalerie Dr. W. Hofstätter GmbH, Vienna, Austria

Object Number

EXH.111976

Location

Not currently on display

Institution/Owner

Private collection, Vienna, Austria

Triptych corpus: The Crucifixion, The Entombment; Left wing: The Annunciation to the Shepherds, The Adoration of the Magi, Bas relief: Candle-Bearing Angel; Right wing: The Resurrection, The Marys at the Tomb, Bas-relief: Censer-Swinging Angel; Stem: The Temptation, Adam with wild Animals in Paradise, The Explusion; Foot: The Creation of Adam, The Creation of Eve, The Creation of the animals.

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription

None

Published References

Sales Catalogue 1982, lot 18; Sales Catalogue 1989, lot 42 (Sotheby's); Exhibition Catalogue Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 2016, cat. no. 40; Hofstätter, Ulrich (Ed.): Medieval Microcosm - A Gothic Miniature Altarpiece by Adam Dircksz. Vienna 2017.