# Modena Triptych

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{{Short description|Painting by El Greco}}
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| title=Modena Triptych
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| artist=[El Greco](/source/El_Greco)
| year=1568
| movement = [Cretan School](/source/Cretan_School)
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| museum=[Galleria Estense](/source/Galleria_Estense)
| city=[Modena](/source/Modena)
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thumb|Back panels of the ''Modena Triptych''

The '''''Modena Triptych''''' is 1568 [triptych](/source/triptych) (three panel painting) by the artist [El Greco](/source/El_Greco), who was also known as ''Doménikos Theotokópoulos''.{{sfn|Collins|2006|pp=61-62}}

This portable altarpiece is painted on both sides and has an Italian [Renaissance](/source/Renaissance) frame. The front depicts the [Adoration of the Shepherds](/source/Adoration_of_the_Shepherds), a Christian knight being crowned by [Christ](/source/Jesus) in glory, and the [Baptism of Jesus](/source/Baptism_of_Jesus). The back panels show the [Annunciation to Mary](/source/Annunciation_to_Mary), [Mount Sinai](/source/Mount_Sinai), and [Adam and Eve](/source/Adam_and_Eve). The back panel shows pilgrims on the way to the [Saint Catherine's Monastery](/source/Saint_Catherine's_Monastery) in [Egypt](/source/Egypt) as if on their way to Heaven.<ref>[http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/g/greco_el/02/0204grec.html Webgallery of Art]</ref>

==See also==
* [List of works by El Greco](/source/List_of_works_by_El_Greco)

==Sources==
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== Bibliography ==

*{{cite book |last=  Collins |first= Kristen M. |author-link= |date=  2006  |title= Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Icons from Sinai |url=https://archive.org/details/sinaites-holy-image-hallowed-ground-icons-from-sinai/page/n293/mode/2up|location=Los Angeles: California|publisher= J. Paul Getty Museum|pages=  |isbn= 9780892368563 }}
*{{cite book |last=Lopera |first= Jose Alvarez|author-link= |date=1999  |title=El Greco: Identity and Transformation |location=New York, NY|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MuDqAAAAMAAJ&q=saint+catherine%27s+monastery+in+klontzas|publisher=Skira|pages=  |isbn= 8881184745 }}

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Category:Paintings by El Greco
Category:Paintings of Adam and Eve
Category:Paintings of the Annunciation
Category:Paintings of Jesus
Category:Paintings of the Baptism of Christ
Category:1560s paintings
Category:Triptychs
Category:Paintings in the Galleria Estense
Category:Modena
Category:Cretan Renaissance paintings
Category:Paintings of the Adoration of the Shepherds by El Greco

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