The triptych comes from early religious art and was a popular alter painting from the middle ages to tell the stories of the bible. As most of the money at the time was in churches and the decoration of it, a triptych could be packed up and put some where safe and portable to different churches as well.
Just one example of many form http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_rechtr.htm
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), ca. 1427–1432
Workshop of Robert Campin (South Netherlandish, active by 1406, died 1444)
South Netherlands (modern Belgium), Tournai
Oil paint on oak
Just one example of many form http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/hi_rechtr.htm
Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece), ca. 1427–1432
Workshop of Robert Campin (South Netherlandish, active by 1406, died 1444)
South Netherlands (modern Belgium), Tournai
Oil paint on oak
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