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The Isenheim Altarpiece is an altarpiece sculpted and painted by, respectively, the Germans Nikolaus of Haguenau and Matthias Grünewald in 1512–1516. [1] It is on display at the Unterlinden Museum at Colmar, Alsace, in France. It is Grünewald's largest work and is regarded as his masterpiece.
Die Gemälde auf zwei feststehenden und vier drehbaren Altar-Flügeln sind das in den Jahren 1512 bis 1516 geschaffene Hauptwerk von Matthias Grünewald (eigentlich Mathis Gothart Nithart, genannt Grünewald) und zugleich eines der bedeutendsten Meisterwerke der deutschen Tafelmalerei.
Dec 6, 2023 · Matthias Grünewald, Isenheim Altarpiece, c. 1512–16, oil and tempera on limewood panels, 376 x 668 cm (Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, France) Hybrid demons Grünewald saves his most esoteric visions for the fully open position of the altar, in the two inner panels that flank the central sculptures.
Feb 8, 2023 · The Isenheim Altarpiece (c. 1512 – 1516) by Matthias Grünewald and Nikolaus of Haguenau was created as a commission by Guy Guers from the Saint Anthony’s Monastery. This was also a hospital, in Isenheim, in Alsace, France, and acted as a visual balm for the patients who were being treated for Ergotism.
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Between 1512 and 1516, the artists Niclaus of Haguenau (for the sculpted portion) and Grünewald (for the painted panels) created this celebrated altarpiece for the Antonite order’s monastic complex at Isenheim, a village about 15 miles south of Colmar.
Jul 7, 2016 · Sculpted by Niclaus of Haguenau and painted by Matthias Grünewald in the 1550s, the altarpiece was made for the Monastery of St. Anthony in Isenheim, which had a hospital that treated, among...
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Isenheim Altarpiece, panels painted in oils on a sculpted altarpiece created by German artist Matthias Grünewald about 1512 to 1515. Little is known of the artist’s life, but he is famous for his undisputed masterpiece, the large folding altar painted for the Manastery of St. Anthony hospital chapel at Isenheim in Alsace.
