Malvagna triptych

The Malvagna Triptych (1513-1515) is a predella altarpiece by the Flemish artist Jan Gossaert located in the Galleria Regionale della Sicilia, in Palermo, Sicily.

The side panels respectively depict St Catherine with a book on her lap, and sword at her feet; and St Dorothy weaving with a cherubic angel a crown of flowers on to a band.

One saint uses scripture to defend herself, and for the other, the fruits and flowers are gathered in a crown of martyrdom.

In its original frame, this small house altar is the artist's only surviving intact triptych.

Maryan Ainsworth on the basis of connoisseurship assessed that the external landscape was painted by Gerard David.