Matthias Grünewald

Also known as Mathaeus Grünewald, Matthias Griuneval'd, Mathis Gotthardt, der Maler Mathis, Matthias Neithardt, Mathis Grün, Mathes Grunewald, Mathis Gothart-Nithart

German Renaissance painter (c.1480–1528)

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Instance of: human
Given name: Matthias
Gender: male
Citizenship: Germany
Place of birth: Würzburg
Place of death: Halle (Saale)
Occupation: architectural draftsperson
Languages spoken: Middle High German
Religion: Catholic Church
Field of work: painting
Movement: German Renaissance
Image: Grunewald Self Portrait.jpg
Work location: Aschaffenburg

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Commons category: Matthias Grünewald
date of death: 1528-00-00
topic's main category: Category:Matthias Grünewald
date of birth: 1480-01-01
Commons Creator page: Matthias Grünewald
name in native language: Mathias Grünewald
cause of death: plague
has works in the collection: Gemäldegalerie Berlin
ethnic group: Germans
manner of death: natural causes

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Matthias Grünewald, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Grünewald's John the Evangelist. This work was long thought to be a self-portrait. Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470 – 31 August 1528; also known as Mathis Gothart Nithart) was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century.

Only ten paintings—including several polyptychs—and thirty-five drawings survive, all religious, although many others were lost at sea on their way to Sweden as war booty. He was obscure until the late nineteenth century, when many of his paintings were attributed to Albrecht Dürer, who is now seen as his stylistic antithesis. His largest and most famous work is the Isenheim Altarpiece created c. 1512 to 1516.

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