Master of the Malchin Altar
Illustration — Wings of the Mary altar in the Rostock Church of Our Lady (c. 1430 - 40). The Master of the Malchin Altar (German: Meister des Malchiner Altar) was a northern German Late Gothic painter who was active in Hamburg in the first half of the 15th century.
Master of the Malchin Altar
Monika Soffner: St. Marien-Kirche zu Rostock, S. 30 · Public domain
- Born
- 1400
- Died
- 1500
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- German
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Born in 1400, died in 1500.
The recorded working language is German.
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- 1.Friedrich Schlie: Die Kunst- und Geschichts-Denkmäler des Grossherzogthums Mecklenburg-Schwerin., in Die Amtsgerichtsbezirke Wismar, Grevesmühlen, Rehna, Gadebusch und Schwerin. Schwerin 1898, Reprinted Schwerin 1992, pp. 76 - 77
- 2.Alfred Stange: Deutsche Malerei der Gotik. 1938, p. 202
- 3.H. Busch: Meister des Nordens. Die altniederdeutsche Malerei 1450 - 1550. Hamburg 1943, p. 64
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