altarpiece
Americannoun
noun
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Art historians have long believed that the nine panels originally formed an altarpiece at Vyšší Brod.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
St Johns' Almshouse had the piece valued during renovation work and the charity decided to sell the altarpiece to fund new accommodation for people in need.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2025
The wings, Israels said, would have been scraped off when the altarpiece was disassembled and the wing fragments would no longer have made sense.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2024
Talavera poblana pottery, with its beautiful fusion of Chinese, Moorish and Indigenous influences, is unrepresented, and an elaborate altarpiece would be a good addition, if tough to find.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
Fifteen years after he arrives in Florence, Leonardo receives a commission for another altarpiece, this time for a monastery just outside town.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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