Although strongly identified as an altarpiece form, triptychs outside that context have been created, some of the best-known examples being works by Hieronymus Bosch, Max Beckmann, and Francis Bacon.
"Katedrala Naše Gospe" v Antwerpnu, Belgija, ki ima dva Rubensova primera in Notre Dame de Paris, ki ima primer uporabe triptiha v arhitekturi.