The True Story Behind the Diptyque Name

Where does such a name come from? Time and loyalties made it familiar. But in 1961, it was nothing but a technical word for art specialists. The diptych is a picture divided in two hinged panels of the same size. Each panel is painted inside and outside. The real subject of the diptych is depicted within the inside paintings, which interact from one panel to the other. Hence the opening of the