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Elmelunde Master

Illustration — Frescos: Elmelunde Church • Illustration — The nave: Elmelunde Church The Elmelunde Master, Danish Elmelundemesteren, is the designation given to the nameless 16th-century artist who painted the frescos in the churches of Elmelunde, Fanefjord and Keldby on the island of Møn in south-eastern Denmark. The naves of these three churches were furnished with Gothic cross vaults at the end of the 15th century providing an ideal surface for frescos of the Biblia pauperum (or people's bible) based on popular stories from the richly illustrated medieval manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments. The artist can be recognised from his distinctive emblem present in one or more of the frescos in all three churches.

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Elmelunde Master

Nave of Elmelunde Church

Hideko Bonnesen · Hideko Bondesen · Nordens Kirker · CC BY-SA 2.5

Born
1500 · Møn.
Died
1600 · Møn.
Nationality
Kingdom of Denmark
Occupation
painter
Fields
fresco painting · fresco

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Illustration — Frescos: Elmelunde Church • Illustration — The nave: Elmelunde Church The Elmelunde Master, Danish Elmelundemesteren, is the designation given to the nameless 16th-century artist who painted the frescos in the churches of Elmelunde, Fanefjord and Keldby on the island of Møn in south-eastern Denmark. The naves of these three churches were furnished with Gothic cross vaults at the end of the 15th century providing an ideal surface for frescos of the Biblia pauperum (or people's bible) based on popular stories from the richly illustrated medieval manuscripts of the Old and New Testaments. The artist can be recognised from his distinctive emblem present in one or more of the frescos in all three churches.

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