Triptych of the Virgin in Moulins Cathedral

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The Triptych of the Virgin in Moulins Cathedral is a late 15th-century Gothic altarpiece renowned for its refined depiction of the Virgin and Child and its status as a masterpiece of French religious painting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic painting
altarpiece
religious artwork
triptych
artForm panel painting
artHistoricalSignificance key work of late medieval French painting
artisticStyle International Gothic
linked to: Gothic art
artPeriod Late Gothic
associatedWith Bourbon dukes
linked to: Bourbon family

French monarchy
conservationStatus preserved in situ
country France
culture French
dateOfCreation late 15th century
depicts Christ Child
linked to: Child Jesus

Virgin Mary
Virgin and Child
linked to: Madonna and Child

angels
saints
function devotional image
liturgical object
genre Christian art
hasPart central panel
left wing
right wing
iconography Madonna and Child enthroned
linked to: Madonna and Child

courtly devotional imagery
locatedIn Allier
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
France
Moulins
location Moulins Cathedral
material panel
movement Gothic art
notableFor highly detailed Gothic style
refined depiction of the Virgin and Child
status as a masterpiece of French religious painting
paintingTechnique oil paint
tempera
period late Middle Ages
religion Roman Catholicism
setting cathedral high altar
subjectHeading Virgin Mary in art
use altarpiece
visualCharacteristic delicate modeling of faces
detailed background architecture
richly ornamented garments

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Moulins hasLandmark Triptych of the Virgin in Moulins Cathedral