A Triptych* (three panelled painting) of Pampas Grass (ok not a triptych in the strict sense of the word but similar) ok , ok not a triptych at all then
From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptych
* A triptych is a work of art (usually a
panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels
that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open. It is
therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all multi-panel works. The middle
panel is typically the largest and it is flanked by two smaller related works,
although there are triptychs of equal-sized panels. The highest price ever paid
for an artwork at auction was $142.4 million for a 1969 triptych, Three Studies
of Lucian Freud, by Francis Bacon. The form can also be used for pendant jewellery.
The triptych form arises from early
Christian art, and was a popular standard format for altar paintings from the
Middle Ages onwards. Its geographical range was from the eastern Byzantine
churches to the Celtic churches in the west. Renaissance painters such as Hans
Memling and Hieronymus Bosch used the form. Sculptors also used it. Triptych
forms also allow ease of transport.
From the Gothic period onward, both in
Europe and elsewhere, altarpieces in churches and cathedrals were often in
triptych form. One such cathedral with an altarpiece triptych is Llandaff
Cathedral. The Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, Belgium, contains two examples
by Rubens, and Notre Dame de Paris is another example of the use of triptych in
architecture. One can also see the form echoed by the structure of many
ecclesiastical stained glass windows. Although strongly identified as an
altarpiece form, triptychs outside that context have been created, some of the
best-known examples being works by Hieronymus Bosch, Max Beckmann, and Francis
Bacon.
Here's a real one
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Master of Frankfurt, (Maestro de
Francfort), Triptych: Sagrada Familia con ángel músico, Santa Catalina de
Alejandría, Santa Bárbara, 1510-1520, Museo del Prado, Madrid
