The Virgin with Saints Barbara and Catherine
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Peapod with ten scenes from Genesis, the Infancy, the Passion:
On left side: Creation of Adam; Crucifixion, Creation of Eve, Resurrection, Original Sin
On right side: Annunciation; Temptation; Nativity; Expulsion; Flight into Egypt
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.
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
Upper scene: St. Christopher; lower scene: Holy Family
Each bead is a carved head
Crucifixion of Christ between the two thieves in the central compartment, set before a vaulted space with four traceried windows. Numerous figures fill the fore- and middle-ground including the Virgin fainting at the foot of the cross with St John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene and six figures on horseback, including Longinus and Stephaton. In the vault above the Cross, almost obscured by the foliate border of the frame, is the half-length figure of God the Father.
Upper scene: Crucifixion with Abraham and Isaac in left background, sacrifice of Isaac in right background; Lower scene: Brazen Serpent with scene of Cain killing Abel in left background
Upper scene: Expulsion of the Money Changers from the Temple; lower scene: Entry into Jerusalem