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predella

Base of an altarpiece, often painted with a series of incidents connected with the subjects of the main panels; for example, scenes from a saint's life.
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It uses the format of a Renaissance altarpiece with the main scene in a large panel and a smaller predella panel below.
Romantic art that shoc cked the world; Desperate Romantics reveals ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The work's multiple-panel support purposely mimics the traditional altarpiece, with its central triptych, two wing panels, and predella.
Cliff Evans: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum by Miller, Francine Koslow / Artforum International
Even in Siena the main panels are divided between the church and the picture gallery; and the five predella panels from the base of the altarpiece are divided between three different collections.
Sienese painting at the London National Gallery by Bruce, Donald / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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