VENETO-CRETAN SCHOOL, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Triptych of the Deisis with selected saints
The central panel painted with Christ enthroned flanked by the Mother of God and St. John, with angels above, the left door painted with Saints John Chrysostom and Nicholas of Bari, with St. Peter above, the right door with Saints Gregory the Great and Basil the Great, with St. Paul above, on gilt ground, minor paint losses, the reverse of the doors inlaid with geometric motifs in bone, pewter and cedar in the Venetian style, losses, with suspension ring set into a mother-of-pearl roundel, fitted Perspex case
4 7/8 in. (12 cm.) high; 6 3/8 in. (16 cm.) wide open
VENETO-CRETAN SCHOOL, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Triptych of the Deisis with selected saints
The central panel painted with Christ enthroned flanked by the Mother of God and St. John, with angels above, the left door painted with Saints John Chrysostom and Nicholas of Bari, with St. Peter above, the right door with Saints Gregory the Great and Basil the Great, with St. Paul above, on gilt ground, minor paint losses, the reverse of the doors inlaid with geometric motifs in bone, pewter and cedar in the Venetian style, losses, with suspension ring set into a mother-of-pearl roundel, fitted Perspex case
4 7/8 in. (12 cm.) high; 6 3/8 in. (16 cm.) wide open