Benedikt Dreyer was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 sculptor, carver and painter working in Lübeck

Lübeck

The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...

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Dreyer was an apprentice

Apprenticeship

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 in Lüneburg

Lüneburg

Lüneburg is a town in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is located about southeast of fellow Hanseatic city Hamburg. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and one of Hamburg's inner suburbs...

 (1506–1507), and was a house owner in Lübeck until 1555, according to the land register.

He made a Gothic altar

Altar

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 (1522), the "Antonius

Antonius

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 altar" from Burg Church in Lübeck, which is part of the remarkable collection of medieval art

Medieval art

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 in the St. Annen Museum

St. Annen Museum

The monastery of Saint Annen in Lübeck-Germany is a former monastery of the Augustinians. It is now part of the Lübeck's museum for history of art and culture...

 in Lübeck. Another altar also in the same museum is attributed to him: the "Last Judgment

Last Judgment

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" altar from Tramm Church in the district of Lauenburg

Lauenburg (district)

Herzogtum Lauenburg is the southernmost Kreis, or district, of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bordered by the district of Stormarn, the city of Lübeck, the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , the state of Lower Saxony , and the city state of Hamburg...

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Another altar attributed to Dreyer, that from Birket Church in Lolland

Lolland

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, is in the collection of the Danish National Gallery

Statens Museum for Kunst

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 in Copenhagen

Copenhagen

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Attributed to him also is "God the Father with the Dead Christ" (1513–20) at Heiligengeist Hospital in Lübeck.