These are interesting, but won't keep you from returning to the small, magical panel paintings.
They are the earliest surviving examples of Greek panel painting.
Stylistically and technically, they probably represent rather low quality panel paintings of their time.
It is known that panel paintings were held in much higher regard, but very few of them have survived.
The Entombment is in relatively poor condition compared to panel paintings of similar age.
During the early to mid-1400s, illuminated books were considered a higher art form than panel painting.
More than 20 Italian panel paintings from the 13th and 14th centuries.
The 25-by-20-inch panel painting was reportedly bought by the museum for less than $4 million.
Others, instead, see it as a link to the school of panel painting then active at the court in Prague.
The 13th and 14th centuries in Italy were a great period of panel painting, mostly altarpieces or other religious works.