Virgin in the Rose Bush by Martin Schongauer in Colmar
by RicardMN Photography
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Virgin in the Rose Bush by Martin Schongauer in Colmar
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RicardMN Photography
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The Virgin in the bush of roses (French: La Vierge au buisson de roses), altarpiece on wood from 1473, is a religious painting by Martin Schongauer (200×114.5 cm) representing the Virgin and Child seated in a garden decorated with plants and birds, surmounted by two angels wearing a crown, currently on display in the Dominican church in Colmar, France.
Larger initial dimensions (255×165 cm), the table was cropped, presumably following a fall which damaged it, then, at the beginning of the 20th century, decorated with a wooden frame and placed at the interior of a shuttered altarpiece - what constitutes its current presentation.
Started in 1283, the construction of the Dominican church mainly dates back to the first half of the 14th century. It is an important example of the mendicant orders architecture, even if the Dominicans arrived in 1278 were temporarily driven out of the city in 1330. In 1458, the roof and the cloister were damaged by a fire. After that, reconstruction works have been necessary. In 1720, thanks to the installation of a baroque decorating, the church was less austere than before. The Dominican church was during the most part of the 19th century used to non-religious ends, before becoming again a place of worship in 1898. The church has been restored in the early 80 and 90. Around 1475, Martin Schongauers studio created the Altarpiece of the Dominicans which is today exposed in the Unterlinden museum. Since 1973 the Dominican Church owns the masterpiece of Martin Schongauer, Madonna of the Rose Bush.
Martin Schongauer (c. 1450–53, Colmar – 2 February 1491, Breisach), also known as Martin Schön ("Martin beautiful") or Hübsch Martin ("pretty Martin") by his contemporaries, was an Alsatian engraver and painter. He was the most important printmaker north of the Alps before Albrecht Dürer, a younger artist who collected his work. Schongauer is the first German painter to be a significant engraver, although he seems to have had the family background and training in goldsmithing which was usual for early engravers.
Colmar is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department and of the subprefecture of the Colmar-Ribeauvillé arrondissement.
The city is renowned for its well-preserved old town, its numerous architectural landmarks, and its museums, among which is the Unterlinden Museum, which houses the Isenheim Altarpiece. (Description from Wikipedia and tourisme-colmar.com)
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