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Artist/Creator (1)	Grunewald, Matthias (ca.1480-1528)
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	German
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, painter
Artist/Creator (2)	Hagenauer, Nikolaus (died before 1538)
Artist/Creator (2).Nationality	German
Artist/Creator (2).Role	artist, sculptor
Title/Caption	Isenheim Altarpiece
Larger Work/Entity	Chapel of Hospital of Saint Anthony of Isenheim
Site/Creative Center	Isenheim, Alsace (Germany)
Date of Work	ca. 1512-1515
Description of View	[Open. First Opening. Left wing, Annunciation (on reverse of left half of the Crucifixion panels of the closed altarpiece.) View of Annunciation, left wing panel, second view.
Notes	The altar presents three views. A complicated structure with four layers of painted surfaces--two sets of folding wings, like a double cupboard, enclosing the final altarpiece, which consists of three carved wood statues of saints by Nikolaus Hagenauer and Desiderius Beichel. There are also two side panels and a predella.
Technique/Process	painting
Materials/Medium	oil and tempera common lime (hardwood) panels. Inner shrine: painted and gilt common lime (hardwood) sculpture.
Dimensions	Closed dimensions: Center portion (Crucifixion): 9 ft. 9 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 9 in. Side panels (Saint Sebastian; Saint Anthony), Each: H: 2.55 m. Width: 1 m. with frame. (8 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 3 ft. 1/2 in.) Predella with Entombment of Christ: H: 0.84 m. Length: 3.66 m. with frame. (2 ft. 5 1/2 in. x 11 ft. 2 in.) Dimensions of each wing: Wing with left half of Crucifixion (Annunciation on reverse): H: 2.92 m. Width: 1.67 m. with frame. Wing with right half of Crucifixion (Resurrection on reverse): H. 2.92 m. Width: 1.67 m. with frame. Wing with Concert of Angels (Visit of Saint Paul the Hermit to Saint Anthony on reverse): H: 2.92 m. Width: 1.65 m. with frame. Wing with Madonna and Child (Temptation of Saint Anthony on reverse): H: 2.92 m. Width: 1.65 m. with frame. Inner shrine with carved figures: 9 ft. 9 1/2 in. x 10 ft. 9 in.
Period	Renaissance
Century	16th Century
Style of Work	Northern Renaissance, German Renaissance
Location.Creation Site	Issenheim (France) [previously Germany]
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Colmar (France)
Location.Current Repository	Musee dUnterlinden
Repository Notes	Inventory No. 88.RP.139
Related Persons	Artist/Creator's name also appears as Grunewald, Mathis Grunewald, Mathes Grunewald, Matthaeus and Grunewald, Monogrammist M. G. N. among other variants. Surname also as Gothardt Gotthardt Gothart Gothart-Nithart Neithart Niethart Neithardt Nitkhart-Gotkhart. Forename also as Matthaus Matis.
Subject	Painting, German Painting, Renaissance Painting, 16th Century Religious art Altarpieces Polyptychs Figures, female Figures, winged Books Curtains Vaults (structural elements)
Reference Number	Bridgeman Art Library 017666
Collection Title	Painting (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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