MASTER of the Holy Blood
(active c. 1530 in Bruges)

Virgin and Child with St Catherine and St Barbara (closed)

1520-25
Oil on oak panel, 87,5 x 66 cm (central panel), 88,5 x 28 cm (each wing)
Groeninge Museum, Bruges

The exterior of the triptych features an Annunciation in grisaille on a red marbled background. The grisaille is damaged but the interior has remained intact apart from a few minor gaps. It corresponds almost literally with the Assumption triptych in St James' Church in Bruges, so that a similar dating (1520-25) seems most likely.