Matthias Grünewald is one of the artists whose life and career is largely unknown. Only after his death he attained corresponding fame. He was probably born in Würzburg around the year 1480. Albrecht Dürer and Hans Fyoll, whose journeyman he is even said to have been, are regarded as his teachers and inspiration. Grünewald's first surviving works date back to 1504, and it seems that he exclusively captured biblical and Christian motifs on canvas. Like many of his contemporaries, he was commissioned by various employers, for example the archbishops of Mainz, Jakob von Liebenstein and Ulrich von Gemmingen. He was also not only employed as a painter. It is handed down that Matthias Grünewald was also a talented and sought-after well builder.
He became known to posterity above all for his triptych, the Isenheim Altar. Finished in 1516, it leaves the viewer amazed to this day by the realistic and above all apocryphal depiction of the various stages of the Passion of Jesus Christ and thus offers a wide range of interpretations. Grünewald's haptic balancing of light and dark contrasts is particularly noteworthy. Above all, this ensures that the precision of detail in this work shows a depth that was almost unattainable for the time.
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Only about a dozen of his paintings and a few drawings have been preserved. Grünewald also left no theoretical treatises or other records. But even this fragmentary work shows that he was one of the great masters of his guild, who during his lifetime hardly ever gained the fame that his famous contemporaries Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach dem Älteren enjoyed. Towards the end of his life, Grünewald even seemed to have taken leave of painting altogether. It is assumed that he finally devoted himself to soap making. On August 31, 1528 he finally died in Halle an der Saale. © Meisterdrucke
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Matthias Grünewald is one of the artists whose life and career is largely unknown. Only after his death he attained corresponding fame. He was probably born in Würzburg around the year 1480. Albrecht Dürer and Hans Fyoll, whose journeyman he is even said to have been, are regarded as his teachers and inspiration. Grünewald's first surviving works date back to 1504, and it seems that he exclusively captured biblical and Christian motifs on canvas. Like many of his contemporaries, he was commissioned by various employers, for example the archbishops of Mainz, Jakob von Liebenstein and Ulrich von Gemmingen. He was also not only employed as a painter. It is handed down that Matthias Grünewald was also a talented and sought-after well builder.
He became known to posterity above all for his triptych, the Isenheim Altar. Finished in 1516, it leaves the viewer amazed to this day by the realistic and above all apocryphal depiction of the various stages of the Passion of Jesus Christ and thus offers a wide range of interpretations. Grünewald's haptic balancing of light and dark contrasts is particularly noteworthy. Above all, this ensures that the precision of detail in this work shows a depth that was almost unattainable for the time.
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Only about a dozen of his paintings and a few drawings have been preserved. Grünewald also left no theoretical treatises or other records. But even this fragmentary work shows that he was one of the great masters of his guild, who during his lifetime hardly ever gained the fame that his famous contemporaries Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach dem Älteren enjoyed. Towards the end of his life, Grünewald even seemed to have taken leave of painting altogether. It is assumed that he finally devoted himself to soap making. On August 31, 1528 he finally died in Halle an der Saale. © Meisterdrucke
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.jpg "The Crucifixion, from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-15 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Resurrection of Christ, from the right wing of the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 oil on panel detail of 17677 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "St. John the Baptist from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Stuppach Madonna, 1518 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Nativity, from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail of a chamber pot from Nativity scene of the Isenheim altarpiece, outer wing, c.1512-1516, oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail of Saint Anthony from the Isenheim altarpiece, c.1512-16, oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Temptation of St. Anthony, from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Resurrection of Christ, from the right wing of the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 oil on panel detail of 17677 by Matthias Grünewald")
 c1512-16 - (MeisterDrucke-212737).jpg "The Resurrection of Christ, from the Isenheim Altarpiece (right wing) c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail of the temptation of Saint Anthony from the Isenheim altarpiece, c.1512-16 oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Angel Musicians, from the Concert of Angels from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Christ on the Cross, detail from the central Crucifixion panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-15 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Mary Magdalene from the predella panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Christ on the Cross, detail from the central Crucifixion panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-15 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Crucifixion from the Isenheim Altarpiece, detail of Christs body, c.1512-16 oil on panel detail by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Virgin and Child in the Clouds, ca 1509-1511 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail of a falling soldier from the scene of the resurrection of Christ from the Isenheim altarpiece, c.1512-16, oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Isenheim Altarpiece, closed detail of the left hand of Christ, c.1512-16 oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail of Christs foot from the Crucifixion scene of the Isenheim altarpiece, inner panel, c.1512-15, oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
 - (MeisterDrucke-153144).jpg "Visit of Saint Anthony to Saint Paul the hermit, detail from the Isenheim altarpiece, c.1512-16 (oil on wood) by Matthias Grünewald")
 (grisaille) - (MeisterDrucke-60169).jpg "St. Lucy (c.283-c.304) (grisaille) by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Demons Armed with Sticks, detail from the reverse of the Isenheim Altarpiece (see also 17680) by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Crucifixion from the Isenheim Altarpiece, detail of Christs right hand, c.1512-16 oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Archangel Gabriel, detail from the Annunciation from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Mary Magdalene, detail from the Crucifixion from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Angel attacking the devils, detail the Temptation of St. Anthony from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The visit of Saint Anthony to Saint Paul of the hermit from the Isenheim altarpiece. Detail of a crow carrying a piece of bread, c.1512-16 oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail of the Nativity scene from the Isenheim altarpiece the announcement to the shepherds, c.1512-16, oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Crucifixion from the Isenheim Altarpiece, detail of Christs torso, c.1512-16 oil on panel detail by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Christ on the Cross, detail from the central Crucifixion panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 oil on panel detail of 3706 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-15 oil on panel detail of 3706 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Christ carrying the Cross by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "St. Sebastian, from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Face of Christ, detail from the Crucifixion from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "St. Anthony and St. Paul, detail from the Isenheim Altarpiece, 1512-15 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Visit of St Anthony to St Paul and Temptation of St Anthony by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary from the Isenheim altarpiece. outer wing, c.1512-16, oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Isenheim Altarpiece. Central panel: Concert of Angels and Nativity, 1506-1515 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Concert of Angels from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Devil attacking the window, detail from St. Anthony the Hermit from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Concert of Angels, from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 oil on panel detail of 17670 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Entombment, detail from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-15 by Matthias Grünewald")
 - (MeisterDrucke-177204).jpg "Demons armed with sticks from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c,1512-16 (see also 62331) by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "St. Anthony the Hermit, from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-1516 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "St. Catherine, early 1970s. by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Panel of the Heller Altar depicting St. Cyriacus by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail of the arm of John the Baptist from the altarpiece of Isenheim. Altarpiece closed. c.1512-16, oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "St. Joseph by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail of the temptation of Saint Anthony from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail of Saint Sebastien and landscape from the Isenheim altarpiece, inner wing, c.1512-16, oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Virgin and Mary Magdalen at the foot of the Cross, detail from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1510-15 detail of 3706 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "God the Father from the Isenheim Altarpiece, detail from The Virgin and Child with Angels, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
 - (MeisterDrucke-164944).jpg "St. Maurice (detail) by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Isenheim Altarpiece. Left wing: Meeting of Saint Anthony and Saint Paul the Anchorite in the Des by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The visit of Saint Anthony to Saint Paul the hermit. Detail of the visit of Saint Anthony to Saint Paul from the Isenheim altarpiece, c.1512-16 oil on wood by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Isenheim Altarpiece. Left wing: Annunciation by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Virgin at the Entombment from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Virgin Illuminated, detail from the Concert of Angels from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Virgin and Child, from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "St. Anthony and St. Paul, detail from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "God the Father, detail from the Temptation of St. Anthony from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Suffering Man, detail from the reverse of the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1510-15 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail from the Isenheim altarpiece, outer wing, concert of angels, c.1512-16, by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Altarpiece of Our Lady of the Snows, c.1519 oil on panel detail of 626 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The visit of Saint Anthony to Saint Paul the hermit. Detail of Saint Pauls hand from the Isenheim altarpiece, c.1512-16 oil on wood by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Detail of the Crucifixtion from Isenheim altarpiece detail of a lamb, c.1512-16, oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Altarpiece of Our Lady of the Snows, c.1519 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Visit of Saint Anthony to Saint Paul the hermit. Detail of the crest of Guido Gersi from the Isenheim altarpiece, c.1512-16 oil on panel by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "St. John the Evangelist and the Virgin, detail from the Crucifixion from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Panel of the Heller Altar depicting St. Laurence by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Annunciation to the Shepherds, from the Isenheim Altarpiece, 1512-15 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Bearded Saint with walking stick, c. 1516 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "Angels under the dais, detail from the Concert of Angels from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Prophet Isaiah, from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Isenheim Altarpiece. Right wing: The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "The Entombment from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")
.jpg "A Glass Jug, detail from the Concert of Angels from the Isenheim Altarpiece, c.1512-16 by Matthias Grünewald")