Painting and Display of the Virgin Mary

[guardsmantimmy]

This is a painting of the Virgin Mary in a wooden display.  The painting is on an arched wooden back with two wooden doors that close over it.  It measures 11 cm./4.25" across and 16.5 cm./6.5" tall.  Any information on this piece would be greatly appreciated.

[malcolm900]

40 dollars my estimation

[talesofthesevenseas]

You have a retablo! It is a nice one. These are popular imports from Mexico, you see them for sale in the southwest USA.

[KC]

I have known them as a Religious Triptych (3 panels) and or referred to as religious icons from European and Russian countries - and in this case in a folding frame.

Majority of Retablos we see here in Texas are hanging or standup - and not usually a trifold - but I do say that they have them as well.

[talesofthesevenseas]

Does a tryptic just have to have three panels? I thought it had to have three paintings. You are right though, this one does not have a drawer like a lot of the retablos do. I bought a retablo similar to this one, one painting, two doors, but it did have the tiny shallow drawer for offerings.

[ghopper1924]

Triptych means 3, but as to whether it must have 3 paintings or just 3 panels, I don't know.

The painting is a copy of a Raphael madonna.

[mart]

A triptych usually has three panels of a single art piece or three related art pieces on individual panels !!  Since this is a single art piece on one panel I would not call it a triptych !!

[yattypat]

These are very common on the Southwest.  Very beautiful though not very rare or valuable.

[KC]

I have seen them referred to tryptech even with out a religious painting on the outside panels.


Here's an example:  http://www.rubylane.com/item/528474-ICOB_0575D/Vintage-Icon-Triptych-Altar-Italy
http://www.etsy.com/listing/92867126/exquisite-lgold-hand-decorated-italian
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Triptych-Icon-Altar-Madonna-and-Child-Wood-Hand-Made-Decoupage-Painted-/380410001013?_trksid=p4340.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D451125127475005683%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D3%26

The list goes on. 

I also thought at one time it had to have one painting that stretched across all three panels or 3 different painting....but the reference to 3 panels is what seems to have come about since the late 30's onward.

[mart]

Heck,, I would just call it a cabinet myself !!

[KC]

Made me laugh again Mart!  It's just folds!

[ghopper1924]

"I also thought at one time it had to have one painting that stretched across all three panels or 3 different painting....but the reference to 3 panels is what seems to have come about since the late 30's onward."

There ya go.  3

[mart]

Could be in todays jargon !! Thats just what we were taught from an artists standpoint !!