Diptych facts for kids

Diptych can refer to two paintings that are joined together.

Conrad von Soest: St. Dorothea (diptych), c. 1420. Westphalian State Museum, Münster

Conrad von Soest, St. Odilia (diptych), c. 1420. Westphalian State Museum, Münster

Stefan Lochner: Adoration of the Christ Child by the Virgin (The Nativity) (diptych), c. 1445s. Alte Pinakothek, Münich

Stefan Lochner, Presentation at the Temple (diptych), c. 1447 Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon

Images for kids

Ivory consular diptych of Areobindus, Byzantium, 506 AD, Louvre
Barberini Ivory, Constantinople, 6th century, Louvre
Deesis, 17th-century icon. Left to right: Archangel Michael, Theotokos, John the Baptist, Archangel Gabriel (Historical Museum in Sanok, Poland).
Ethiopian Orthodox wooden diptych of St. Mary and the infant Jesus with archangels above them. St. George appears on a white horse on the left. (Late 16th-early 17th century)
Diptych sundial in the form of a lute, circa 1612