MONSTRANCE
Triptych of the Resurrection (left wing) — Hans Memling
left  ·  Triptych of the Resurrection (left wing)
Triptych of the Resurrection (centre panel) — Hans Memling
centre  ·  Triptych of the Resurrection (centre panel)
Triptych of the Resurrection (right wing) — Hans Memling
right  ·  Triptych of the Resurrection (right wing)
3 sheets, one edition

Triptych of the Resurrection

Hans Memling (Netherlandish, 1435?–1494)
Held by Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures, MI 247; MI 248; MI 249
Medium huile sur bois
Dimensions MI 247: H. 0,62 m; L. 0,42 m. MI 248 and MI 249: H. 0,62 m; L. 0,19 m each

Sizes

Wall   left 18×24 in + centre 18×24 in + right 18×24 in   $349 · $420 bought separately · the painted images hang level

One object, sold whole: Musée du Louvre, Département des Peintures holds it as MI 247; MI 248; MI 249. 3 sheets, one edition, $349 — the printed panels hang level within 0.0%.

One of the soldiers at the tomb wears a polished helmet, and Christ is reflected in it. Guillaume Kazerouni, writing for the Louvre, points it out. Of the four sleeping guards, two are waking in terror, while an angel swings the tomb's lid aside and Christ comes out blessing.

The wings carry the story on. In one, Sebastian is martyred. Over the central scene, Italian garlands and putti deck the arcade, marking a late work of about 1490, made for private devotion. In the other wing, the Ascension, Memling shows Christ's feet sharply foreshortened, a detail Kazerouni calls surprising.

The panels hang in a row at one image height; the hung images measure about 30.6 in across, before any gap between frames.

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.