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Diptych

noun
(pl. diptychs)
1.
A painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book).





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... and beauty of his Death of Procris, now in the National Gallery, which remains his one splendid work. His pupil Fra Bartolommeo, who was later so unfortunately influenced by Michelangelo, may be seen here at his best in a small diptych (1161); in his early manner, his Isaiah (1126) and Job (1130), we see mere studies in drapery and anatomy. His most characteristic work is, however, in the Pitti Gallery, where ...
— Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa • Edward Hutton


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