Burning Bush Triptych

Around him are his patron saints Mary Magdalene, Anthony the Great and Maurice carrying the banner of the Ordre du Croissant, founded by René.

Facing him on the right hand panel is his wife Jeanne de Laval, kneeling before her prayer book and backed by John the Apostle, Catherine of Alexandria and Nicholas of Myra.

The town in the right background evokes Avignon, whilst the castle on the left may be René's château de Saumur in Anjou.

[3] The scene is full of symbols, including the ewes, vegetation, gestures, mirror, clothes, rising sun, river, beasts and colours, along with the rock (a biblical image of God) out of which the bush's twelve fig branches grow.

The medallion on the angel's chest shows Adam and Eve, whose original sin was redeemed due to Mary's bearing of Christ.