Triptych: Scenes from the Passion of Christ

The Master of Delft painted this Triptych of Scenes from the Passion of Christ around 1513 for the National Gallery. The anonymous master was one of the most accomplished painters in Delft around 1500, producing narrative Passion panels of high quality for the city's churches. The tempera medium required careful preparation on a gessoed panel and a disciplined layering technique that produced precise, durable surfaces suited to the intricate detail expected of devotional painting. Such devotional panels served both liturgical contexts in churches and chapels and private devotional use in the homes of wealthy families who maintained personal altars and oratories.

The triptych presents multiple Passion scenes across its three panels with the detailed narrative approach and precise oil technique characteristic of the Delft school's careful craftsmanship.