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Standing Bishop

Tilman Riemenschneider

ca. 1505

Medium

Limewood with paint and gilding

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Dimensions

Overall: 46 1/16 x 13 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (117 x 34 x 24.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Cloisters Collection, 1975

Classification

Sculpture-Wood

Department

The Cloisters

Culture

German

Rights

Public Domain

About Tilman Riemenschneider

1450–1531 • Holy Roman Empire

The foremost limewood sculptor of late Gothic/Renaissance Germany, Tilman Riemenschneider was renowned for his meticulously carved figures. He is also one of the best-documented medieval sculptors. Comment on works: wood sculptor

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