Master of the Altenberg Altar
Master of the Altenberger Altar is occasionally used as an emergency name for the Rhenish master who painted the wings of an early Gothic altar for the Altenberg monastery near Wetzlar around 1330 . After 1803, after the monastery was dissolved, they first came to Braunfels Castle , from where they were sold to the Frankfurt Städelmuseum in the early 1920s . The other parts of the overall composition known as the Altenberg Altar are kept in other museums.
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The wings painted by the master of the Altenberger Altar are in the Städelmuseum in Frankfurt am Main Inv. No. SG 358-361, kept under the attribution of Rheinischer Meister .
- Left wing of the Altenberg Altar: Annunciation, Visitation, Birth of Christ, Adoration of the Magi
- Right wing of the Altenberg Altar: Michael, Coronation Mariae, Elisabeth, Death Mariae.
The figure of the Madonna originally standing in the center of the altar is kept in Munich and its shrine, adorned with Gothic carvings, in Braunfels Castle.
Merger in 2016
In 2016, the preserved parts of the altar and the furnishings of the monastery church were shown in their entirety for the first time in more than two centuries in the Städel Museum in Frankfurt.
literature
- Bodo Brinkmann, Stephan Kemperdick: German paintings in the Städel. 1300–1500 (= catalogs of the paintings in the Städelsche Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main. Vol. 4). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 2002, ISBN 3-8053-2920-2 (inventory catalog).
Web links
- Altenberger Altar More pictures of the wings in the Städel Museum
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of the Altenberg Altar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rhenish master |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German early Gothic painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th century or 14th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th Century |