A triptych whose central panel shows Mary seated with the Christ Child on her lap in the walled garden of a castle. In the foreground two sibyls hold a book and a basket of flowers, three angels make music at the back left, and Joseph stands at the right. In the sky, God appears in a halo of light, seated beside a tabernacle holding a retable with the instruments of the Passion (the Arma Christi). On the left wing the kneeling male donor is presented by Saint Martin, and on the right wing the kneeling female donor is presented by Saint Cunera. With the wings closed, the Annunciation is shown in grisaille.
Medium: Oil on panel. Measurements: centre panel 87.1 x 69.2 cm; each wing 86.5 x 31.5 cm.
Source: rijksmuseum.nl
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