Matthias Grunewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece
From the Community of St. Anthony, Isenheim, Alsace, France. Center panels: Crucifixion; predella: Lamentation; side panels; SS. Sebastian (left) and Anthony Abbot (right). c. 1510 – 1515. Date 1515 on ointment jar. Oil on wood panel, center panels 9′ 9.5″ x 10′ 9″ overall, each wing 8′ 2.5″ x 3′ .5″, predella 2′ 5 1/2″ x 11′ 2″. Musee d’Unterlinden, Colmar, France.
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