Diptych of Saints Achatius, Barbara, Apollonia, and Sebald

German

c. 1490

Diptych of Saints Achatius, Barbara, Apollonia, and Sebald by German

Medium

Distemper on linen, mounted on panel

Dimensions

Framed: 66.7 × 104.5 × 6.4 cm (26 1/4 × 41 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

painting

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

59940

About the Artist

German

**German, Franconia (active ca. 1485–1500)** was an anonymous artist from the Franconian region of northern Bavaria, Germany, renowned for his contributions to late Gothic graphic arts. Little is known of his early life or training, as details about many anonymous masters from this era remain undocumented. Franconia, with its vibrant artistic centers like Nuremberg, fostered a rich tradition of re...

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