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Altarpieces

Scope note

Religious images on, above, or behind the altar of a Christian church. THDAT

This term has 1 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300075940

Broader Terms used

<religious visual works>

Narrower Terms used

reredoses
retables

Equivalent Terms used

altarpiece

Created

12yrs ago

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