sep 13, 1512 - Isenheim Altarpiece

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Date: 1512-1516

Medium: Oil on panel

Artists: Matthias Grunewald

Location: original: Germany(yet note that borders were not cleared up at this oeriod)Current: Musee d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France

Function: placed in a monastery hospital where people were treated for ergotism (disease)

Culture: Northern Renaissance

Important details:First view: crucifixion
Second view: Marian symbol + Christ rising from dead
third view: symbol of ergotism.

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