03 — ARTWORK
Winged Altarpiece
- MEDIUM
- Painted limewood, 180 x 218 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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COMMENTARY
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Winged Altarpiecean altarpiece, usually consisting of sculpture and painting, in which the middle section has been given wings that open and close. A winged altarpiece may have several pairs of wings which can be opened and closed in various combinations. c. 1515 Painted limewood, 180 x 218 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
This 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. was carved and painted in Kaufbeuren in Allgäu and once stood in the village church of Hinterkirch in South Tyrol. In the tabernaclea small canopied recess or container in which the Eucharist or a holy relic is kept. Mary stands with the Child Jesus, who hands her a pomegranate, a symbol of love. To the right of Mary is the bishop St Nicholas in full canonicals, on the left, Mary Magdalen holds a vessel of ointment. On the sides are scenes from the lives of each saint. On the predellaAn Italian word for the small strip of paintings which forms the lower edge or socle of a large altarpiece (pala). Such a polyptych consists of a principal, central panel with subsidiary side and/or top panels, and a predella: the predella usually has narrative scenes from the lives of the Saints who are represented in the panels above. Because of the small size of predelle - they are not usually more than 25-30 cm high, though often relatively very wide - they were frequently used for pictorial experiments that the painter did not wish to risk making in the larger panels. The first datable example seems to be that in Simone Martini's S. Louis of Toulouse (1317, Naples). the reliefs depict the Death of Mary.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Winged Altarpiece by LEDERER, Jörg},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/lederer-jrg-r46bf033281a47b/winged-altarpiece-r1a7412c1c44e54},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
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