Pfullendorf Altarpiece: Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Death of the Virgin c. 1497 - 1503
anonymous
woman
abstract painting
animal
impressionist landscape
possibly oil pastel
handmade artwork painting
oil painting
jesus-christ
fluid art
child
acrylic on canvas
13_16th-century
12_15th-century
painting painterly
painting art
expressionist
angel
The Pfullendorf Altarpiece, created by an anonymous artist around 1497-1503, is a multi-panel altarpiece depicting scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary. The work, now housed in the Städel Museum, depicts the Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, and Death of the Virgin. The artist utilizes vivid colors and detailed figures to portray these important events in Christian tradition. The altarpiece is a fine example of the artistic style and devotional practices of the late 15th century.
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The Städel owns four panels of the work which gave this anonymous master his name; the others are in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. In closed condition, the large, winged altarpiece showed scenes of Christ’s Passion, and after its first opening, images from the life of the Virgin, among them the Frankfurt panels. The second opening revealed the sculpture shrine. The luminous colours and the dramatic depths of the perspectivally rendered space were typical of painting in Ulm around 1500. The same applies to the elongated figures with their somewhat stereotypical faces.
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