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BELLINI, Giovanni: Pesaro Altarpiece (predella)

🖼 Pesaro Altarpiece (predella), 1471-74
Oil on wood
40 × 36 cm
Pesaro, Italy

Soft gold leaf and luminous tempera depict Saint Anthony meeting Saint George, their figures arranged symmetrically within delicate Renaissance architecture. Bellini's predella panel exemplifies Early Italian Renaissance devotional art, establishing the intimate narrative format that influenced altarpiece design across Northern Italy.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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