Matthias Grünewald: Meeting of St Erasm and St Maurice
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Artist |
Matthias Grünewald
(1480–1528) |
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Alternative names |
Mathis Gothart-Nithart, Mathis Nithart-Gothart, Matthias von Aschaffenburg, MGN, MG |
Description |
German painter and graphic artist |
Date of birth/death |
circa between 1475 and 1480 date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1475-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
31 August 1528 |
Location of birth/death |
Würzburg |
Halle |
Work period |
from circa 1503 date QS:P,+1503-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 until circa 1525date QS:P,+1525-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Work location |
Germany ( Nuremberg (first half of 1500s date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 ), Aschaffenburg (second half of 1500s date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 , between 1517 and 1519 date QS:P,+1517-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1517-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1519-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ), Mainz (1519/20 ?), Frankfurt (circa 1510/11, 1526), Halle (circa between 1521 and 1525/26, between 1527 and 1528 date QS:P,+1527-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1527-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1528-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 )), France ( Issenheim, circa between 1513 and 1516 date QS:P,+1513-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1513-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1516-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ) |
Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q154338 |
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Title |
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Object type |
painting |
Genre |
religious art |
Description |
Deutsch: Begegnung des hl. Märtyrers Mauritius, des Anführers der thebaischen Legion, mit dem hl. Erasmus. Der hl. Mauritius war Patron des Stiftes und des Heiligen Römischen Reiches, der hl. Erasmus Patron des fürstlichen Hauses, dem Albrecht von Brandenburg entstammte. Erasmus trägt die Porträtzüge des Auftraggebers English: Encounter of St. Martyr Mauritius, leader of the Theban Legion, with St. Erasmus. St. Mauritius was patron of the monastery and of the Holy Roman Empire, St. Erasmus patron of the princely house from which Albrecht of Brandenburg came. Erasmus bears the features of the client |
Depicted people |
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Date |
between circa 1520 and circa 1524 date QS:P571,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1520-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1524-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Medium |
oil on panel medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q287,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 226 cm (88.9 in); width: 176 cm (69.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,226U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,176U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q154568 |
Current location |
not on view |
Accession number |
1044 |
Object history |
bis 1540 Stiftskirche Halle 1814 aus der Schlossgalerie Aschaffenburg seit 1836 in der Alten Pinakothek |
Notes |
Deutsch: Urspr. in Stiftskirche in Halle (Saale), Auftraggeber: Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg, Erzbischof von Mainz und Magdeburg Français : L'oeuvre, commandée par le cardinal Albrecht de Brandenbourg, archévêque de Mayence, pour son église de Halle, provient de l'église collégiale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Alexandre d'Aschaffenburg. Elle évoque le conflit entre saint Erasme et saint Maurice, et fait allusion au litige qui opposait les "colombes" du parti catholique aux "faucons" protestants. |
References |
Alte Pinakothek |
Authority file |
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Source/Photographer |
The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202. |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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