Triptych of the Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus
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One object, sold whole: M Leuven holds it as S/57/B. 3 sheets, one edition, $139.
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Erasmus is shackled to a plank while two executioners turn a winch and draw out his intestines, and his face is completely calm. M Leuven names that restraint as the signature of Bouts's style, and it is what makes the panel unbearable rather than lurid. Jerome stands on one wing, Bernard of Clairvaux on the other. The triptych was commissioned for a chapel in Saint Peter's Church around 1460 and has never left it — one of the few Netherlandish masterpieces still hanging where it was painted to hang.
The three panels hang in a row at one image height, Jerome, Erasmus, Bernard, as they stand in Saint Peter's: all three are 12.0 in tall.
| Held by | M Leuven · S/57/B the museum’s record |
|---|---|
| Source file | Wikimedia Commons · Dierick Bouts - Triptiek van het martelaarschap van de heilige ErasmusFXD.jpg |
| Licence | Public domain |
| Panel · left | Triptych of the Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus - Saint Jerome (left wing) — 1,568 × 3,699 px |
| Panel · centre | Triptych of the Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus - The Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus (centre) — 3,642 × 3,703 px |
| Panel · right | Triptych of the Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus - Saint Bernard (right wing) — 1,513 × 3,709 px |
| Chain | Each panel taken from the source file above and cut to its own painted field; held as 3 print masters. |
Printed on demand as one edition. The whole image is printed on every sheet — never cropped to fit — so each panel carries an archival margin.