03 — ARTWORK
Panels from an altarpiece
- MEDIUM
- Tempera on panel, 142 x 76 cm (central), 127 x 39 cm (each side)
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 1482 × 762 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
UNDERLINED TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE GLOSSARY.
The panels depict St Bonaventure and St John the Baptist with Ludovico Euffreducci (left); Enthroned Virgin and Child with Angels (centre); St Francis of Assisi and St Louis of Toulouse (right).
These are the principal panels of a large altarpieceA picture or sculpture that stands on or is set up behind an altar. The term reredos is used for an ornamental screen or partition, not directly attached to the altar table but affixed to the wall behind it. A diptych is an altarpiece consisting of two panels, a triptych one of three panels, and a polyptych one of four or more panels. From the 14th to 16th century, the altarpiece was one of the most important commissions in European art; it was through the altarpiece that some of the most decisive developments in painting and sculpture came about. made for the Euffreducci family's chapela small separate place for worship, either part of a large church or a separate building. in the church of San Francesco in Fermo. Originally the altarpiece consisted of several tiers that were placed in a single frame. The present three frames date to the late 1800s.
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title = {Panels from an altarpiece by CRIVELLI, Vittore},
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date = {2026-09-13},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
