peinture datée de 1497 connue comme le "Triptyque du Maître de Latour d'Auvergne
Jean III de La Tour d'Auvergne est représenté avec son épouse Jeanne (ce sont les grands parents maternels de Catherine de Médicis)
Le tableau qui, au 16ème siècle se trouvait dans la sainte chapelle du château de Vic-le Comte( Puy-de -Dôme) se trouve depuis 1960 aux Etats-Unis au Musée d'Art de Caroline du Nord à Raleigh .
informations très riches(mais en anglais) sur ce tableau à l'adresse suivante
site du musée:/ncartmuseum.org/collections/highlights/european/french/before1760/001_lrg.shtml
pour acceder au tableau:
http://ncartmuseum.org/art/detail/the_annunciation_with_saints_and_donors_called_the_latour_dauvergne_triptyc
http://collection.ncartmuseum.org/collection11/view/objects/asitem/People$004031/0/title-desc?t:state:flow=00ec1dbf-ccaa-4ee9-9918-8bf4033f3890
The subject of this three-panel painting, or triptych, is the angel Gabriel’s Annunciation to the Virgin Mary that she is to be the mother of Christ. His words to her, taken from Luke’s gospel (chapter 1:28), are inscribed in abbreviated Latin on the scroll between them, “Ave gra[tia] plena dominus tecum” (“Hail [Mary], full of grace, the Lord is with you”).
The wings of the triptych, which close like shutters, have preserved the painting in excellent condition. They bear the likenesses of the donors of the work, the count and countess of Latour d’Auvergne. Their names, Jean and Jeanne, are the French masculine and feminine equivalents of the name John and therefore link the subjects with their patron saints. On the left wing, John the Baptist wears a hair shirt, a reminder of his sojourn in the wilderness, and holds a lamb that refers to his pronouncement, “Behold the Lamb of God.” On the right wing, John the Evangelist is identified by his chalice filled with poison (indicated by the dragon), which he was forced to drink, according to legend.
