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The Master of the Litomerice Altarpiece was a Bohemia
Bohemia

History...
n painter active from the end of the fifteenth century to the beginning of the sixteenth. Active in the International Gothic
International Gothic

International Gothic is a phase of Gothic art which developed in Burgundy , Bohemia, France and northern Italy in the late 14th century and early 15th century....
 style, he was one of the first practitioners of Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
 art north of the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
, and had a heavy influence on the future of the Danube school
Danube school

The Danube School or Donau School is the name of a circle of painters of the first third of the 16th century in Bavaria and Austria . Many also were innovative printmakers, usually in etching....
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The Master appears to have been active in Prague
Prague

Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
, likely part of a group of artists who worked at the court between about 1495 and 1500.






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The Master of the Litomerice Altarpiece was a Bohemia
Bohemia

History...
n painter active from the end of the fifteenth century to the beginning of the sixteenth. Active in the International Gothic
International Gothic

International Gothic is a phase of Gothic art which developed in Burgundy , Bohemia, France and northern Italy in the late 14th century and early 15th century....
 style, he was one of the first practitioners of Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
 art north of the Alps
Alps

The Alps is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east; through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany; to France in the west....
, and had a heavy influence on the future of the Danube school
Danube school

The Danube School or Donau School is the name of a circle of painters of the first third of the 16th century in Bavaria and Austria . Many also were innovative printmakers, usually in etching....
.

The Master appears to have been active in Prague
Prague

Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....
, likely part of a group of artists who worked at the court between about 1495 and 1500. He may have worked for a time in the Austria
Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
n Lowlands and in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 after 1502, and have had contact with the work of Jorg Breu. His name comes from an altarpiece painted for Litomerice
Litomerice

Litomerice is a town at the junction of the rivers Elbe and Ohre in the north part of the Czech Republic, approximately 64 km northwest of Prague....
 between 1502 and 1505. After this period he seems to have gone to Venice
Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital city of the Italian regions Veneto, a population of 271,251 . Together with Padua, Italy, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area ....
, there encountering Vittore Carpaccio
Vittore Carpaccio

Vittore Carpaccio was an Italy painter of the Venetian school, who studied under Gentile Bellini. He is best known for a cycle of nine paintings, The Legend of Saint Ursula....
 and his school. In 1506 he painted a portrait of Albrecht de Kolowrat; this is the first fully Renaissance male portrait known from Bohemia. Between 1506 and 1508 he completed the decoration and painted a fresco
Fresco

Fresco is any of several related painting types, done on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Italian word affresco which derives from the adjective fresco , which has Latin origins....
 for the chapel of Saint Wenceslaus in St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral

Saint Vitus's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Prague, and the seat of the Archbishop of Prague. The full name of the cathedral is Saint Vitus, Saint Wenceslas and Adalbert of Prague Cathedral....
 in Prague, in which he was again inspired by Renaissance models. Between 1505 and 1510 he painted a triptych
Triptych

A triptych is a work of art which is divided into three sections, or three Wood carving panels which are hinged together and folded. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all multi-panel works; the diptych has two panels....
 for a church in Strahov
Strahov

Strahov may refer to:* Strahov Monastery, Prague in Prague* Strahov Stadium in Prague* Strahov, Horn? Kozolupy in Horn? Kozolupy...
; before the latter year he painted an altarpiece of Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew

Saint Andrew , called in the Eastern Orthodox Church tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is a Christian Twelve Apostles and the younger brother of Saint Peter....
, a fragment of which still exists in Brno
Brno

Brno is the second-largest city in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 1243, although the area had been settled since the 5th century. Today Brno has 403,304 inhabitants and is the seat of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, Supreme Prosecutor's Office and Ombudsman....
. He also completed another altar painting, this on a commission from Jan de Wartemberk, which today is in the National Gallery
National Museum (Prague)

The National museum is a Czech Republic museum institution intended to systematically establish, prepare and publicly exhibit natural scientific and historical collections....
 in Prague.

The Master is not believed to have worked at the Bohemian court after 1510; rather it is thought that he began to seek out a bourgeois clientele. He is known to have remained in Prague; between 1510 and 1515 he created an altarpiece for the church of Our Lady of Tyn in that city. He had a studio
Studio

A studio is an artist's or worker's workroom, or an artist and his or her employees who work within that studio. This can be for the purpose of architecture, painting, pottery , sculpture, photography, graphic design, cinematography, animation, radio or television broadcasting or the making of music....
 at some point; with his pupils, between 1515 and 1520, he painted an Altarpiece of the Trinity
Trinity

In Christianity doctrine, the Trinity is the unity of God the Father, God the Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in monotheism. The doctrine states that God is the Triune God, existing as three persons, or in the Greek hypostasis , but one being....
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