Jabach Altarpiece
Introduction


The ***Jabach Altarpiece*** comprises two pairs of [oil](/wiki/Oil_painting "Oil painting") on lime tree panel paintings by German Renaissance artist [Albrecht Dürer](/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer "Albrecht Dürer"), executed around 1503–1504\. Originally a [triptych](/wiki/Triptych "Triptych"), the central panels are lost. Only the outer and inner side panels are now preserved: the left picture with Job and His Wife, measuring 96 × 51\.5 cm, is housed in the [Städel](/wiki/St%C3%A4del "Städel") of [Frankfurt](/wiki/Frankfurt "Frankfurt"); the picture of the Piper and a Drummer on the right, measuring 94 x 57 cm, is housed in the [Wallraf\-Richartz Museum](/wiki/Wallraf-Richartz_Museum "Wallraf-Richartz Museum") of [Cologne](/wiki/Cologne "Cologne"). These two certain paintings of the Jabach Altarpiece form a single image on the external shutters once closed. The two share a common background, and the dress of Job's wife continues to the right panel as well.

The two pairs of *Apostles* on gilded background now at the [Alte Pinakothek](/wiki/Alte_Pinakothek "Alte Pinakothek") in Munich –*Sts. Joseph and Joachim* (96 × 54 cm), and *Sts. Simon and Lazarus* (97 × 55 cm)– have been commonly associated with the [polyptych](/wiki/Polyptych "Polyptych"). They are supposedly the panels on the inside of the wings. 


How many panels are there in a polyptych?