Altarpiece
An altarpiece is a painting, woodcut or sculpture placed above the altar in a church or chapel. It is often a triptych or polyptych, which can be opened on special occasions.
Related works of art:
Anonymous: Norfolk triptych (front) (c. 1410 - 1420)
Anonymous: Norfolk Triptych (outside) (c. 1410 - 1420)
Baegert, Derick: Mount Calvary (ca. 1475)
Baegert, Derick: The Centurion under the Cross (1477-82)
Dürer, Albrecht: The Adoration of the Magi (oil) (1504-05)
Ghirlandaio: The Adoration of the Magi (1488) (1488)
Giotto: The Adoration of the Magi (Santa Croce) (ca. 1320)
Holbein, Hans jr.: The Passion of Christ (ca. 1524)
Lucas van Leyden: The Last Judgment (1527)
Mantegna, Andrea: San Zeno Altarpiece (1456-1460)
Martini, Simone: The Annunciation (1333)
Master Bertram: Crucifixion (c. 1394)
Memling, Hans: The Adoration of the Magi (1479)
Van der Goes, Hugo: The Adoration of the Shepherds (1476-1478)
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