The altar`s road - Musée Unterlinden

century, strongly influenced by the art of Martin Schongauer,
illustrate different scenes from the Passion of Christ and the
Life of the Virgin. The Last Judgement on the back of the
central panel, although having suffered some deterioration,
offers a terrifying vision of the damned burning in hell.
Kaysersberg
Eglise Sainte-Croix
Hans Bongart (sculptor active in Colmar in the early 16th
century), Altarpiece of the Passion: fourteen sculpted panels
depicting various scenes from the Passion of Christ, from the
Entry into Jerusalem through to the Resurrection; three
groups of sculpted apostles; one crucifix; and three statues:
Saint Helen, Saint Marguerite and Saint Christopher.
Guebwiller
Musée du Florival
Upper Rhenish school, The Virgin and Child with Saint
Anne, central section of an altarpiece, polychrome sculpture,
early 16th century.
Colmar
- Eglise des Dominicains
Martin Schongauer (Colmar, c. 1445–1491),
Madonna of the Rose Bower, painted panel, 1473.
Eglise Sainte-Croix,
Kaysersberg
Eglise Saint-Georges,
Soultz
Soultz
Eglise Saint-Georges
Upper Rhenish school,
Saint George Battling the
Dragon, sculpted element
from an altarpiece, early
16th century.
- Collégiale Saint-Martin
Upper Rhenish school, Freiburg im Breisgau, Altarpiece of
Saint Anne, sculpted reliefs illustrating episodes from the
life of Saint Anne, c. 1520.
Mulhouse
- Musée Unterlinden
Collection of painted
altarpieces as well as painted
and sculpted elements from
Upper Rhenish altarpieces, late
15th–early 16th century.
Musée Historique de Mulhouse
Soultzbach-les-Bains
Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Earthenware tabernacle: a lifesized statue of Saint Christopher
is the central element of this richly
sculpted tabernacle, crowned by
two angels, early 16th century.
Eglise des Dominicains, Colmar
Buhl
Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Upper Rhenish school, Buhl
Altarpiece, late 15th century:
the Altarpiece of the Passion at
Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste in
Buhl was originally held at the
convent church of the
Catherinettes in Colmar. Its
painted panels, dating from
the late 15th
Rhenish Primitives
Route des Vins
d’Alsace
MMusée
Historique
de
Mulhouse
Several statues and sculpted
reliefs dating from the late
15th to early 16th century
are exhibited in the
museum: Upper Rhenish
school,
Basel,
The
Musée Historique de Mulhouse
Incredulity
of
Saint
Thomas;
Upper Rhenish
school,
Steinbrunn-le-Haut
Rheinfelden
Eglise Saint-Maurice
Altarpiece
Upper Rhenish school, Basel,
Altarpiece of the Life of the Virgin,
polychrome sculpted reliefs illustrating
the life of the Virgin. In the central
segment: Dormition;
on the wings: Visitation, Nativity, Adoration of the Magi,
Jesus Among the Doctors.
Luemschwiller
Musée Unterlinden, Colmar
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Eglise Saint-Christophe
Upper Rhenish school, Altarpiece of the Virgin. In the central
segment: Madonna and Child; on the wings: Saint Barbara
and Saint Catherine, early 16th century.
The Golden Age in the Upper Rhine
Discovering the Rhenish Primitives (15th–16th centuries): A Cultural Tour in Alsace
This tour focusing on the Rhenish primitives offers you the opportunity to
discover rare works of art while visiting a number of picturesque Alsatian
towns and villages, along the celebrated Routes des Vins d’Alsace.
Alsace is an ideal place to appreciate Rhenish art. In addition to the collection
of the Musée Unterlinden in Colmar, without equal in France, there are a
number of other sites where remarkable paintings and sculptures from the
Middle Ages and the early years of the Renaissance may be viewed.
The movement formed by the artists of the Upper Rhine (Strasbourg, Colmar,
Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel), referred to as the “Rhenish primitives” by art
historians, produced a rich variety of painted wooden panels and polychrome
sculptures.
The altarpieces that graced the altars of churches during this period were
comprised either uniquely of painted panels, of painted panels combined with
a central segment containing sculptures in the round, or uniquely of sculpted
panels.
Some of these altarpieces have survived into the present day. You are certain
to be impressed by the intimacy of gesture and naturalism found in the works
of these artists, on view in the churches and museums on this Upper Rhine
tour, extending over 100 kilometres.
Musée Unterlinden,
Colmar
Musée Historique de Mulhouse
Musée Unterlinden, Colmar
Musée du Florival, Guebwiller
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Musée Unterlinden, Colmar
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