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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