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Four Panels with the Passion of Christ from a Predella, 1426. Creator: Giovanni di Paolo. Four Panels with the Passion of Christ from a Predella, 1426. These four panels are from a “predella,” the lowest section of an altarpiece typically painted with scenes from the lives of the holy figures represented in the altarpiece’s central section. This predella, from an altarpiece painted by Giovanni di Paolo in 1426 for the chapel of the Pecci-Paganucci family in the church of San Domenico in Siena, depicts several episodes from the life of Christ. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/HERITAGE ART)