Keywords: Jean Pénicaud III - Triptych with the Lord's Prayer - Walters 44363.jpg The Lord's Prayer is illustrated here phrase by phrase following the first panel in which Christ is surrounded by his apostles who have asked him to teach them how to pray The passage translating Your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven is poignantly illustrated by the image of Christ carrying the cross top right thereby accepting divine will that will lead to his death The scenes are derived from engravings accompanying a 1523 treatise on the Lord's Prayer This altarpiece format encouraged personal prayer as did the use of French not everyone read Latin reflecting Reform tendencies of the time By mid-century the use of grisaille gray monochrome suggestive of sculptural relief had gained popularity although initially mainly for mythological subjects The triptych is set in a later giltwood frame between 1560 1575 Renaissance technique painted enamel gilt copper Overall cm 26 4 36 8 ; Each plaque dimensions or attribution in the catalogue p 10 Seligmann and Co New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 Religious Art of the Western World Dallas Museum of Art Dallas 1958 God's Minstrel St Francis of Assisi The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1982 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Limoges painted enamels in the Walters Art Museum Jean Pénicaud III Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum |