Lösel Altar

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The Lösel Altar was 1455-1460, called by an unknown artist "masters of Lösel Altar", for those of Johann Loesel commissioned St. John Chapel in Swiss Rheinfelden made. Loesel donated the altar as well as the chapel .

The Gothic masterpiece was cut up and sold in pieces in the 19th century. In 1951 the city of Rheinfelden was able to buy back one of the presumably six panels on the altar; it is now in the city hall. The other panels can be seen or stored in museums in Basel , Mulhouse (3 panels) and Dijon .

Tablets of the Lösel altar

  • Birth of John the Baptist

  • Baptism of christ

  • Donor picture : Saint Barbara presents the donor Johannes Lösel to the Mother of God; his coat of arms at the bottom right

  • Resurrection of Christ

  • Death of Mary

  • Transfiguration of Christ (fragment)

There are six known panels on the altar. It is not known whether there were any other tablets. It is also unclear how and in what relation to one another the tablets were originally placed in the altar. It is believed that it was a winged altar with a central part and movable side wings. In such altars, the side wings were usually painted on the back. In later sales, the boards painted on both sides were often split in order to be able to offer both pictures individually; This often resulted in damage - this could be the reason why “The Transfiguration of Christ” in Rheinfelden is incomplete.

The panels consist of joined fir wood boards. The gold background is rich with ornaments hallmarked . The respective scenes are painted on it with varnished tempera .

The birth of John the Baptist

Kunstmuseum Basel , public art collection. Acquired in 1862.

The baptism of Christ

Musee des Beaux-Arts (Dijon) , France. Legacy 1916 from Marie-Henriette Dard-Liautaud.

The founder Johannes Lösel

Musee des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse , France. Restored in Vesoul after damage in 2001 .

The resurrection of Christ

Musee des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse, France.

The death of Mary

Musee des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse, France.

The Transfiguration of Christ

Rheinfelden town hall, Switzerland. Trimmed on the right, therefore incomplete. The city of Rheinfelden acquired this plaque in 1951 from the New York art dealer Lion for CHF 5700 , of which CHF 4600 was donated by the population.

Aftermath

  • The Lösel altar plays a role in Hansjörg Schneider's novel Hunkeler and the Golden Hand . In the afterword, Schneider mentions the odyssey of a work of art by Kurt K. Rosenthaler.

Web links

Commons : Lösel-Altar  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jana Lucas: Europe in Basel - The Council of Basel (1431–1449) as a laboratory of art. Chapter 6. Aftermath of the Council in the Fine Arts. Schwabe Verlag, Basel 2017, ISBN 978-3-7965-3800-1 .
  2. ↑ a b c The dream of the whole Lösel altar. Interview with Hans Jacques Keller, May 11, 2004.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Kurt J. Rosenthaler: Odyssey of a wonderful work of art. In: Fricktaler Zeitung. May 27, 2003.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Kurt J. Rosenthaler: Odyssey. Brochure for the Festival of Cultures Rheinfelden 2004. Editions Spiserhus, Rheinfelden 2004
  5. ↑ Master of the Lösel Altar: "The Birth of John the Baptist." Kunstmuseum Basel - online collection. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  6. ↑ Master of the Lösel Altar: "The Birth of John the Baptist". AKG images. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  7. ↑ Master of the Lösel Altar: "The Baptism of Christ". AKG images. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  8. ↑ Master of the Lösel Altar: «Donor panel with Saint Barbara». AKG images. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  9. ↑ Master of the Lösel Altar: "The Resurrection of Christ". AKG images. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  10. ↑ Master of the Lösel Altar: «Der Marientod». AKG images. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  11. ↑ Master of the Lösel Altar: "The Transfiguration of Christ". AKG images. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  12. ↑ Hansjörg Schneider : Hunkeler and the golden hand. First edition in 2008 by Ammann Verlag . Diogenes Paperback 2015.