Master of the Prenzlauer high altar

The master of Prenzlauer high altar is the notname one or probably two in Lübeck acting in the early 16th century artists, named after the on 1512 dated high altar of the Marienkirche in Prenzlau .

Prenzlau high altar in modern times

The carved altar made in Lübeck partially survived the Great Fire in Prenzlau in 1945 because it had been walled up in a tower as a precaution. It is back in the brick Gothic St. Mary's Church, which burned down at the time and was rebuilt after 1970 . However, the carved figures on the altar were stolen in 1991. Some of them could be seized shortly afterwards in Lübeck.

The one or the master?

Art history suspects that the carvers and painters of the altar were different people. In terms of carving, the altar differs from works by the Lübeck artists Claus Berg or Benedikt Dreyer, who are otherwise close to it . The carver is also assigned the Laurentius Altar of the Brotherhood of Brewers' Knechte from 1522 in the St. Anne's Monastery in Lübeck . The painting, on the other hand, falls short of the quality, in connection with a classification the emergency name of the also unknown master of the Bützow Altar is often mentioned .

literature

Jan Friedrich Richter: The master of the Prenzlau high altar retable and his workshop . In: The high altar retable in the Prenzlauer Marienkirche: Contributions of the interdisciplinary conference in the Dominican monastery in Prenzlau on December 1st, 2012 . Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86732-180-8 , pp. 45–55 ( books.google.de - excerpt).

Individual evidence

^ Gerhard Lehrke: The church theft of Prenzlau. In: press review. Förderkreis Alte-Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg eV, April 13, 2019, accessed on July 4, 2020 .
↑ Master of the Prenzlauer high altar . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 37 : Master with emergency names and monogramists . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1950, p. 277 (two entries, one for the picture carver, one for the painter).

personal data
SURNAME	Master of the Prenzlauer high altar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	15th century
DATE OF DEATH	16th Century

[1] Gerhard Lehrke: The church theft of Prenzlau. In: press review. Förderkreis Alte-Kirchen Berlin-Brandenburg eV, April 13, 2019, accessed on July 4, 2020 .

[2] Master of the Prenzlauer high altar . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 37 : Master with emergency names and monogramists . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1950, p. 277 (two entries, one for the picture carver, one for the painter).