Altarpiece examples from the Walker Art Gallery's collection

At the Walker Art Gallery, examples of altarpieces can be seen in:

Room 1

'Descent from the cross', after Robert Campin
Painted around the 1460s, an example of a triptych.

'St Peter and St Paul', Studio of Bicci di Lorenzo
1373-1452

Both paintings are likely to come from a large panelled altarpiece or polyptych.

Inside the glass cabinet in room 1 there are many examples of small devotional diptychs carved from ivory.

Room 2

Painted 1541-42
These three panels formed part of an altarpiece for the church of Leonard near Palermo, Sicily.

Currently not on display

'Observance', Bill Viola

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In this section

• Timeline
• The Story of the Passion of Christ
• Altarpieces
• Painting Techniques and Processes
• Conserving the Master of the Aachen Altarpiece Triptych
• Discovery of the back panels
• Church Life in the 15th Century
• Heraldry
• Glossary

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