TRIPTYCH

Triptych

A triptych is a work of art that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels which are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all multi-panel works. The middle panel is typically the largest and it is flanked by two smaller related works, although there are triptychs of equal-sized panels. The highest price ever paid for an artwork at auction was $142.4 million for a 1969 triptych, "Three Studies of Lucian Freud", by Francis Bacon. The form can also be used for pendant jewelry.

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triptych

Noun

  1. A picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.
  2. A set of three se-tenant postage stamps that form a composite picture.


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