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In art, a predella is the lowest part of an altarpiece, sometimes forming a platform or step, and the painting or sculpture along it, at the bottom of an altarpiece, sometimes with a single much large
Altarpiece by Carlo Crivelli, 1468. The predella has four scenes from the Passion of Christ. The predella runs along the base, framed below
Altarpiece with carved and painted predella at Marienkirche Stralsund, Germany.
Flemish altarpiece of the 1550s, still with three predella scenes
The San Zeno Altarpiece is a polyptych altarpiece by the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna created around 1456–1459. It remains in situ in the Basilica di San Zeno, the main church of the No
Predella
…Luca Signorelli – The Adoration of the Shepherds (c. 1496) Andrea Mantegna – San Zeno Altarpiece (1459) Stanley Spencer – Sandham Memorial Chapel, Burghclere, Hants…
Retable San Zeno
A study made for the painting, now at the Getty Museum
The central panel (The Crucifixion)
Detail of the central panel