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Matthias Grünewald
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The Resurrection and Annunciation panels of the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald Matthias Grünewald: Isenheim Altarpiece Matthias Grünewald: Crucifixion panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece Plate 8: “The Resurrection,” open right panel of the “Isenheim Altarpeice,” oil on wood by Matthias Grunewald, completed before 1516. In the Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, Fr. 2.7 x 1.4 m. “Saint Anthony”
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Matthias Grünewald: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Arthur Burkhard, Matthias Grünewald: Personality and Accomplishment (1936, reprinted 1976), is the most important monograph in English, although it is limited. Illustrated studies of the artist’s work include Guido Schoenberger (ed.), The Drawings of Mathis Gothart Nithart, Called Grünewald (1948), the first important work in English on Grünewald’s drawings; Nikolaus Pevsner and Michael Meier, Grünewald (1958), in English; J.-K. Huysmans and Eberhard Ruhmer, Grünewald: The Paintings (1958); Eberhard Ruhmer, Grünewald: Drawings (1970); Ruth Mellinkoff, The Devil at Isenheim: Reflections of Popular Belief in Grünewald’s Altarpiece (1988), brief, but stimulating; and Andrée Hayum, The Isenheim Altarpiece: God’s Medicine and the Painter’s Vision (1990), focusing on the hospital context.

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Anniversary information added. Jul 28, 2026
First paragraph modernization. Mar 08, 2024
Cross-reference added. Apr 30, 2023
Modified link of Web site: National Gallery of Art, Washington - Biography of Matthias Grunewald. Feb 03, 2020
Add new Web site: Art Encyclopedia - Biography of Matthias Grunewald. Apr 26, 2019
Add new Web site: National Gallery of Art, Washington - Biography of Matthias Gr�newald. Jun 20, 2014
Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Matthias Grunewald. Jun 20, 2014
Add new Web site: Web Gallery of Art - Biography of Matthias Grunewald. Aug 13, 2013
Added new Web site: National Gallery of Art, Washington - Biography of Matthias Grunewald. Jun 19, 2006
Article revised. Sep 20, 2002
Article added to new online database. Jul 28, 1999
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