predella

• The predella, now lost, had portraits of the patron and his wife. —  Fra Bartolommeo
• One is a long low frieze of children bearing garlands, which probably formed the base of Aragazzi's monument, and now serves for a predella. —  New Italian sketches
• Now, while the Adoration in the Cortona predella is naturally and simply pourtrayed, that of Florence is conventional and stiff, the vacuity of some figures and their actions is very evident--therefore this similitude also reduces itself to mere identity of subject. —  Fra Angelico
• On the right of the Virgin are St. John Baptist and St. Catherine; on the left St. Dominic and St. Nicholas. On the predella, which is divided into three parts, were once various scenes from the life of St. Nicholas of Bari, two of these are now to be found in the Vatican Gallery. —  Fra Angelico
• Some coarse copies have been put in the place of the three "stories" of the predella, and the original one was sold, together with the ciborium. —  Fra Angelico

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