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Panel of the Tauberbischofsheim Altar: Crucifixion Panel of the Tauberbischofsheim Altar: Christ Bearing the Cross. The Tauberischofsheim Altarpiece (earlier known as the Karlsruhe altarpiece or Karlsruhe panels; German: Tauberbischofsheimer Altar, Karlsruher Altar, and Karlsruher Tafeln, respectively) is a late work by the German Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald, probably completed ...
The Gotha Altarpiece consists of 162 individual panels on 14 folded wings, which makes it the most extensive panel work of German panel painting art. [2] The polyptych consists of a central section, two fixed wings and fourteen movable wings, which allow a total of five display sides depicting scenes from the life of Jesus Christ along with three scenes from the story of the 'Creation ...
View of the Isenheim Altarpiece, Nikolaus Hagenauer and Matthias Grünewald, c 1512–1516. The Isenheim Altarpiece is an altarpiece sculpted and painted by, respectively, the Germans Nikolaus of Haguenau and Matthias Grünewald in 1512–1516. [1]
The Heller altar by Albrecht Dürer. The concept of the Northern Renaissance or German Renaissance is somewhat confused by the continuation of the use of elaborate Gothic ornament until well into the 16th century, even in works that are undoubtedly Renaissance in their treatment of the human figure and other respects.
The triptych altarpiece was installed at the high altar of the Wittenberg City Parish Church of St. Mary's in 1547, one year after Luther's death, and it is believed to be consecrated by Johannes Bugenhagen, who was the pastor at St. Mary's church in Wittenberg and a good friend of Martin Luther. [2]
The Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece (sometimes called the Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altar [1]) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Germany, mostly Cologne, between 1475 [1] /1480 and 1510. [2] Despite his anonymity, he is one of the most recognizable artists of the early Renaissance period in German art. [3]
The altar consists of twelve panels, each with a main image and a predella on the front and back and the four painted wings on the front and back. The inner wings can be folded. The predella depicts the Last Supper on the front — that is, the side facing the nave of the church. The painting on the back was completely destroyed in 1945 and ...
The Heller Altarpiece was an oil on panel triptych by German Renaissance artists Albrecht Dürer and Matthias Grünewald, executed between 1507 and 1509. The artwork was named after Jakob Heller, who ordered it. Dürer painted the interior, Grünewald the exterior. [1]