MASTER OF THE WALLRAF TRIPTYCH (ACTIVE CIRCA 1360)

MASTER OF THE WALLRAF TRIPTYCH (ACTIVE CIRCA 1360)
The Wallraf Triptych: the central panel: The Madonna and Child with Saints Clare and Francis, and a Clarisse Donor, the Annunciation above; left wing: The Nativity, The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, The Last Supper with a Papal Saint and Christ on the Way to Calvary; right wing: The Flagellation, The Crucifixion, The Pietà and The Last Judgement
inscribed 'MP / ?Y' (on the central panel on either side of the Madonna's head, and 'ICXC' (to the left of the infant Christ)
tempera and gold on panel
central panel: 30 ½ x 20 5/8 in. (77.2 x 52 cm.); left wing: 30 ½ x 10 1/8 in. (77.2 x 27.5 cm.); right wing: 30 ½ x 10 ¼ in. (77.2 x 26 cm.)

Provenance
Ferdinand Franz Wallraf (1748-1824), believed to have been bought in 1802, and by whom bequeathed in 1824 to,
City of Cologne, and by whom placed on deposit at,
Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne (inv. WRM 627), from 1824 until 1942, as Italian, Siena, 15th century.
Heinz Kisters (1912-1977), Cologne and Kreuzlingen.
Private collection, by 17 December 1942, and thence by descent until sold,
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 January 2004, lot 13, where acquired by the present owner.