Baldung Grien's Grünen Wörth altarpiece and devotion to the two St. Johns

Author

Heck, Christian

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Metropolitan Museum journal. 1992, Vol. 27, 85-99, 11 ill.

ISSN

0077-8958

Abstract (en)

Study of the iconography of the altarpiece painted in 1511 for the commandery of the Hospitalers, Grünen Wörth, in Strasbourg, comprised of the Mass of S. Gregory (Cleveland Museum of Art); S. Anne with the Christ Child, the Virgin, and S. John the Baptist (Washington, National Gallery); and S. John at Patmos (New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art); relates the depiction of the two S. Johns to the devotional movement initiated in the 14th c. by the founder of Grünen Wörth, Rulman Merswin.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Germany
• Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien), 1484/85-1545
• Painting
• Germany
• 1500-1600
• Grünen Wörth Altarpiece
• Mass of S. Gregory
• Cleveland Museum of Art||Cleveland (OH, USA)
• S. Anne with Madonna and Child and S. John the Baptist
• National Gallery of Art||Washington, DC (USA)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Knights of Malta
• Cults
• John the Baptist, S.
• John the Evangelist, S.
• Iconography
• Saints
• Merswin, Rulman, 1307-1382
• Patronage

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Allemagne
• Baldung, Hans (Hans Baldung Grien), 1484/85-1545
• Peinture
• Allemagne
• 1500-1600
• Retable de Grünen Wörth
• Messe de saint Grégoire
• Cleveland Museum of Art||Cleveland (OH, USA)
• Sainte Anne avec la Vierge à l'enfant et saint Jean-Baptiste
• National Gallery of Art||Washington, DC (USA)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art||New York (NY, USA)
• Chevaliers de Malte
• Culte
• Jean-Baptiste, saint
• Jean l'Evangéliste, saint
• Iconographie
• Saints
• Merswin, Rulman, 1307-1382
• Mécénat

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00336905

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