Triptych

Description

Portable altar in the form of an ebonised triptych with silver reliefs of the Annunciation, St Michael overcoming the Devil and the Martyrdom of St Sebastian: German, Augsburg, by Jakob Anthoni, 1608 - 1615

Museum reference

A.1992.55

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Triptych

Production information

Anthoni, Jakob, 1559 - 1623, Silversmith
Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany, Western Europe

Date

1608 - 1615

Materials

Silver, Ebonised wood

Physical description

Silver and ebonised wood

Associations

Depicted: Virgin Mary
Depicted: Archangel Gabriel
Depicted: Saint Michael
Depicted: Saint Sebastian
Depicted: The Annunciation
Depicted: St Michael overcoming the Devil
Depicted: Martyrdom of St Sebastian
Nostell Priory, Nostell, Crofton, Yorkshire, England, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

'Recent Acquisitions in Edinburgh Museums’, in The Burlington Magazine, August 1993, p. 597

On display

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