In Suabia altarpieces ofanother character abound. As we are forced tosummarize, it will be best to take for this type andto illustrate the great painted and gilded triptychsacquired by the South Kensington Museum so longago as 1859 (Plates xxi. and xxii.). Of the early partof the sixteenth century,… … SUABIAN ALTARPIECES of St. John, on the other, another, perhaps a local saint,and on the wings, in low relief, four subjects in thelife of Our Lord and His mother. In the secondexample (Plate xxii.), we have in the central compart-ment a Holy Family group with SS. Anne, Joseph, andJoachim : on one…
Wood-carving · Decoration and ornament
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