Michael, c. 1563-65, a fragment of an altarpiece, a marvel of loosely painted curls, tender expression and delectable color.

WSJ: More than a Mere Colorist | Veronese | Ringling Museum of Art

In woodcarver Li Bing-Gui's workshop, a magnificent gilded dragon altarpiece sat waiting to be transported to the village of Kaoshong.

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Modern scholarship has identified all the Frick's Pieros as once belonging to a large altarpiece commissioned for the church of St.

WSJ: Separated at the Altar | Piero della Francesca in America | Frick Collection | By Karen Wilkin

Hand-carved and gilded, it is modeled after similar Italian altarpiece frames of the early 16th century, since the original has been lost.

WSJ: The Sistine Madonna | Old Masters Picture Gallery | The Madonna Above the Cherubs | By A.J. Goldmann

The show starts with Pope Julius hiring Raphael to create an altarpiece for the monastery church of San Sisto in Piacenza, 40 miles from Milan.

WSJ: The Sistine Madonna | Old Masters Picture Gallery | The Madonna Above the Cherubs | By A.J. Goldmann

Upstairs, Mr Cai has built a mini rollercoaster in a cavernous gallery, on whose ceiling is painted Mr Cai's history of Belgian art images from the city's famous Ghent altarpiece and iconic works by Magritte and Broodthaers.

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In this regard, Braque likely knew of the iconographical use of a skull in an extraordinary 15th-century altarpiece panel picture in the Louvre, painted by the Netherlandish master Rogier van der Weyden and named the "Braque Triptych" for the work's patron, one Jehan Braque of Tournai.

WSJ: Vanitas I | Georges Braque | Denying Death | Masterpiece by E.A. Carmean Jr.