The Master of the Saint Lambrecht Votive Altarpiece was an Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n painter active between about 1410 and 1440. His name is derived from a panel, formerly in St. Lambrecht's Abbey

St. Lambrecht's Abbey

St. Lambrecht's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the village of Sankt Lambrecht in the Styrian Grebenzen nature reserve in Austria. The monastery is located 1,072 meters above sea level.-History:...

 in the village of Sankt Lambrecht

Sankt Lambrecht

Sankt Lambrecht is a municipality in the District of Murau, Styria, Austria, and the highest market town in the state on the Thajagraben, the Styrian-Carinthian border mountain. Trades practiced in Sankt Lambrecht are woodworking , a dynamite factory , and tourism.St...

 in Styria. This, now in the Alte Galerie in Graz

Graz

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, depicts a former abbot

Abbot

The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...

 of the monastery, Heinrich Moyker, kneeling before the Virgin of Mercy

Virgin of Mercy

The Virgin of Mercy is a subject in Catholic art, showing a group of people sheltering for protection under the outspread cloak of the Virgin Mary. It was especially popular in Italy from the 13th to 16th centuries, often as a specialised form of votive portrait, and is also found in other...

; with him is Hemma of Gurk

Hemma of Gurk

Hemma of Gurk is a saint and a founder of religious houses in Austria.-Life:Hemma was a member of the noble family of Peilenstein , related to the Liutpoldings of Bavaria and thus to Emperor Henry II. She was born Countess of Zeltschach and was brought up at the Imperial court in Bamberg by the...

. Moyker was the donor of the altarpiece, which depicts the Hungarian

Hungary

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 victory over the Ottoman Turks

Ottoman Empire

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. A number of other paintings are believed to be by his hand, as is the design of a stained glass

Stained glass

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 window in Sankt Lambrecht; some of these have also been ascribed to the so-called Master of the Linz Crucifixion, while others are believed to be by Hans von Judenburg

Hans von Judenburg

Hans von Judenburg was an Austrian painter and sculptor active between 1411 and 1424. Very little is known of his life; in 1411, and again in 1424, he was listed as a householder in Judenburg. He ran an artists' studio there as well; it was devoted primarily to the creation of altarpieces...

 or Hans von Tübingen

Hans von Tübingen

Hans von Tübingen was an Austrian artist. Very little is known about his life, save that his work bears the influence of contemporary Burgundian and French painting. His output is sometimes conflated with that of the Master of the Saint Lambrecht Votive Altarpiece....

. The latter appears to have lived too late to be identified with the Master's oeuvre. Stylistically, the Master's ascribed body of work indicates a familiarity with 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...

 as practiced in Bohemia

Bohemia

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. Other stylistic traits suggest knowledge of the work being done in Cologne

Cologne

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 and Westphalia

Westphalia

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, while still others show aspects of the Viennese

Vienna

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, French

France

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, and Burgundian schools.