Mathias Grünewald facts for kids

This drawing has often been seen as the only authentic self portrait of Grünewald. Newer studies suggest however, that it is a study about John the Baptist

Mathias Grünewald (born between 1475 and 1480 in Würzburg, died 31 August 1528) was a German painter and artist. Today he is seen as one of the important German artists of the Renaissance. His real name was Mathias Gothart or Mathias Neidhardt, his first name is also spelled Mathis. Sometimes he is called Mathias of Aschaffenburg. Today, only ten paintings and 35 drawings survive. At first many of his works were attributed to Albrecht Dürer, even though Dürer's style of paining is completely different. All the surviving works have religious motifs.

Images for kids

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  Grünewald's John the Evangelist. This work was long thought to be a self-portrait.

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  Second state of the Isenheim Altarpiece, Colmar, Unterlinden Museum

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  Sketch for a lost Saint Dorothy (Berlin). The J. Paul Getty Museum purchased a forged painting based on this drawing.

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  Grünewald in a 19th-century depiction on the Frankoniabrunnen, by Ferdinand von Miller (1824), now in front of the Würzburg Residence

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  The Stuppach Madonna, 1517–1519.

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  The Miracle of Our Lady of the Snows, 1517-1519

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  The Mocking of Christ, c. 1503

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  Christ Bearing the Cross, 1523–25 (originally on one side of the panel that is known as the Tauberbischofsheim altarpiece, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe)

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  Large Crucifixion, 1523–25 (originally on the other side of the panel known as the Tauberbischofsheim altarpiece)

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  Crucifixion in the Kunstmuseum Basel.

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  Crucifixion in the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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In Spanish: Matthias Grünewald para niños