The Burg Weiler Altar Triptych (Altarpiece with the Virgin and Child and Saints)
Medium
Oil on wood, gold ground
Dimensions
central panel: 68 1/2 x 60 in. (174 x 152.4 cm); each wing; 68 1/2 x 26 in. (174 x 66 cm)
Classification
Paintings-Panels
Culture
German
Department
The Cloisters
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Cloisters Collection, 1953
Accession Number
53.21
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About this artwork
This imposing triptych represents the pinnacle of late Gothic German religious art, created around 1470 by the anonymous artist known as the Master of the Burg Weiler Altarpiece. Originating from the chapel of Burg Weiler castle in Württemberg near Heilbronn in the Middle Rhineland region of Baden-Württemberg, the altarpiece exemplifies the sophisticated devotional art commissioned for private noble chapels during the fifteenth century. The remarkably well-preserved work employs oil on wood with...