Nationality
German
Artist Dates
1475-1528
Title of Work
The Birth of Jesus - The Mystic Rose (Set of 2)
Preview
Date of Work
1964
Medium
Postcard
Height
4"
Width
5 3/4"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection, James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: FF_012_B
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Sold by the Museum of Unterlinden in Colmar, France, published by Braun and Co.
Matthias Neithart Grünewald was a Renaissance painter born in 1475 in Germany. He is best known for his emotional and gruesome religious paintings, the Isenheim Altar being his ultimate masterpiece. The altar was commissioned by the church of the monastery of Saint Anthony in Alsace.
Additional Information
Photograph is a part of the Altarpiece of Isenheim, 1510-1515. Photograph depicts two roses in the foreground with a castle on a hill beside a body of water.
UND Art Collections owns 2 copies of this postcard.
Postcard Reverse
Text in lower left hand corner of postcard:
170 COLMAR - MUSÉE D'UNTERLINDEN
Matthias Neithart, dit Grünewald - Retable d'Isenheim (1510-1515)
La Nativité- La rose mystique
The Birth of Jesus - The mystic Rose
Die Gubert Christi - Die mystische Rose
A vertical line of text is located in the middle of the postcard that is illegible.
Condition
Very good