Word: tryptich
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...living room hangs a superb Sassetta tryptich, one which Berenson found in an antique shop moments before its intended destruction for wood panels. It overlooks a deeply lit sanctum of well worn opulence. A recording of Verdi's Requiem rested upon one of two pianos. Copies of The Reporter and other magazines of contemporary interest covered a large center table. Aesthetics and history have both impassioned B.B., whose thirst for knowledge has been watered by immense energy. But Berenson's soul is of a renaissance tint and its tempo, plus, of course, the weight of his convictions...
Fogg Museum has recently purchased one of two remaining fragments of a lost tryptich, "The Descent from the Cross," by the Master of Flemalle, who founded the Flemish School with Jan Van Eyck around...
...rare Flemish drawings to survive today, this acquisition is a 5 by 9 inch silverpoint study of "A Thief on the Cross" for the left-hand panel of the tryptich...