Master of the Fröndenberger Altarpiece
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The Master of the Fröndenberger Altarpiece was a German
painter active at the end of the fourteenth century and the beginning of the 15th whose name is not known. Between 1410 and 1420 he painted an altarpiece
depicting the Virgin Mary for a monastery
at Fröndenberger.
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...
painter active at the end of the fourteenth century and the beginning of the 15th whose name is not known. Between 1410 and 1420 he painted an altarpiece
Altarpiece
An altarpiece is a picture or relief representing a religious subject and suspended in a frame behind the altar of a church. The altarpiece is often made up of two or more separate panels created using a technique known as panel painting. It is then called a diptych, triptych or polyptych for two,...
depicting the Virgin Mary for a monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
at Fröndenberger.