The Master of Vyšší Brod (also known as the Master of Hohenfurth, from the German

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 name for the town of Vyšší Brod

Vyšší Brod

Vyšší Brod is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has around 2,600 inhabitants and it's the southernmost municipality in the Czech Republic. There is Vyšší Brod Monastery, very important historic landmark.-External links:*...

) was an anonymous Bohemia

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n painter active around 1350. It seems likely that he was from Prague

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 originally; an altarpiece for the Cistercian convent of Vyšší Brod, from which his name is derived, may still be seen in Prague. Datable to around 1350, the painting, whose panels are now disbanded, depicts the Infancy of Christ along with scenes from the Passion

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. It may be seen in the Convent of St. Agnes branch of the National Gallery in Prague

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. The scenes depicting the Annunciation

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, the Nativity

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, the Adoration of the Magi and the Resurrection

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 are ascribed to the Master's hand, while other portions are believed to be the product of his studio

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A number of other paintings, including the Madonna of Kladsko, the Kaufman Crucifixion (both of which are held in Berlin

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), the Madonna of Vysehrad, and the Madonna of Veveri, have been assigned to the Master on the basis of style.