retable

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The painting in question was a 15th century altar triptych called the Retable of Puget.

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Retable, rē-tā′bl, n. a shelf behind the altar for the display of lights, vases of flowers, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various