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MASACCIO: Predella panel from the Pisa Altar

MASACCIO
🖼 Predella panel from the Pisa Altar, 1426
Poplar
21 × 61 cm
Berlin, Germany

Rendered in precise linear perspective, a solitary figure kneels before an altar in a spare, geometrically constructed interior. This predella panel revolutionized Renaissance painting by demonstrating mathematical depth and emotional intimacy within architectural space.

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