used it in traditional altars. Although strongly identified as a religious altarpiece form, triptychs outside that context have been created, some of the best-known examples being works by Max Beckmann and Francis Bacon. When Bacon's 1969 triptych, Three Studies of Lucian Freud, was sold in 2013 for $142.4 million, it was the highest price ever paid for an artwork at auction at that time. That record was broken in May 2015 by $179.4 million for Pablo Picasso's 1955 painting Les Femmes d’Alger. In photography A photographic triptych is a common style used in modern commercial artwork. The photographs are usually arranged with a plain border between them. The work may consist of separate images that are variants on a theme, or may be one larger image split into three. Examples Stefaneschi Triptych by Giotto, c. 1330 Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus by Simone Martini, 1333 The Mérode Altarpiece by Robert Campin, late 1420's The Garden of Earthly Delights, Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony and The Haywain Triptych by Hieronymus Bosch The Portinari Altarpiece by Hugo van der Goes, c. 1475 The Buhl Altarpiece, c. 1495 The Raising of the Cross by Peter Paul Rubens, 1610 or 1611 The Aino Myth triptych by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1891 The Pioneer by Frederick McCubbin, 1904 Departure by Max Beckmann, 1932–33 Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion by Francis Bacon, 1944 Gallery See also References External links The Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper with St. Peter and St. Paul, Metropolitan Museum of Art On the triptych as a writing instrument Example of triptych features and restoration Articles containing video clips Altarpieces Artistic techniques Church architecture Iconography Optical illusions Picture framing Romanesque art Rotational symmetry Sculpture Symmetry Synagogue architecture Triptychs Visual motifs Binocular rivalry