The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos.
a devotional work of art placed behind or above a Christian altar (examples: Masaccio's Trinity, Michelangelo's Pieta, Titian's Pesaro Madonna, Bernini's St. Teresa).
a carving or painting made for a church altar, the table at which mass is said
a painted or sculpted panel placed behind and above an altar
a sculpture or painting made for an altar at which mass is said by a priest
Painting, woodcut or scultpure behind the altar in a church or chapel. Usually part of the retable. It often consists of more than one panel: three (triptych) or more (polyptych). Famous altarpieces: Matthias Grünewald's Isenheim Altar, and the Ghent Altarpiece by the Van Eyck brothers.
A painted or sculptured panel placed above and behind an altar to inspire religious devotion.
An individual or group of panels or screens located near or on the altar.
A painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table
A panel, painted or sculptured, situated above and behind an altar.
A painting with a religious subject intended to be placed on or above an altar in a church. An altarpiece could be a single picture, or it could be made up of several or many pictures.
An altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting. It is then called a diptych, triptych or polyptych.
