Saint Peter Martyr Altarpiece of Fine Arts in Budapest, already in the Esterhazy collection. The altarpieces also had to have a predella each, now all lost. In 1961 the National Gallery dismantled the panels by reconstructing them into two separate altarpieces. Saint Peter Martyr Altarpiece The St Peter Martyr Altarpiece or Minor San Domenico Altarpiece is a 1476 altarpiece in tempera and gold on panel by Carlo Crivelli. Its central panel of the Madonna and Child, signed "OPVS CAROLI CRIVELLI VENETI", is now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. The altarpiece's other panels ("Michael the Archangel", "Saint Jerome", "Saint Peter Martyr" and
Altarpiece Altarpiece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting or sculpture, or a set of them, the word can also be used of the whole ensemble behind an altar, otherwise known as a reredos, including what is often an elaborate frame for the central image or images. Altarpieces were one of the most important products of Christian art especially from the late Middle Ages to the era of