Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Index: Altarpiece

Works of Art (14)

Adoration of the Shepherds, 14th century, Bartolo di Fredi (Italian, Sienese), Italian; Made in Siena, Tempera on wood, gold ground, arched top (25.120.288)
Assumption of the Virgin, ca. 1340, Bernardo Daddi (Italian [Florence]), Tempera on panel (1975.1.58)
The Betrayal of Christ, predella panel, Bartolomeo di Tommaso (Italian, Umbrian), Tempera on wood (58.87.1)
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, ca. 1625, Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch), Oil on canvas (56.228)
The Crucifixion, 1340s, Pietro Lorenzetti (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground, with original engaged frame (2002.436)
Epiphany, possibly ca. 1320, Giotto di Bondone (Italian, Florentine), Tempera on wood, gold ground (11.126.1)
Frieze Fragment (possibly from an altar), 18th century, Bolivian, Silver (1978.303.7)
The Glorification of the Eucharist, probably ca. 1630, Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish), Oil on wood (37.160.12)
Madonna and Child, ca. 1326, Simone Martini (Italian [Siena]), Tempera on panel (1975.1.12)
Maitreya altarpiece, 5th year of the Zhengguang era, dated 524; Northern Wei dynasty, Hebei Province, China, Gilt bronze (38.158.1a-n)
Paradise (predella panel), ca. 1445, Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian, Sienese), Tempera and gold on canvas, transferred from wood, (06.1046)
Saint Andrew, possibly ca. 1330, Simone Martini (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground (41.100.23)
Saint John the Evangelist, part of a polyptych, 1320s, Segna di Buonaventura (Italian, Sienese), Tempera on wood, gold ground (41.100.22)
Triptych (Sacring Tablet): Institution of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, 16th century, Mexican, Feathers and colored paper laid down on wood, in gilt wood frame (88.3.1)

Thematic Essays (12)