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Work Details:

Title:Holy Blood Altarpiece
Creator:Tilman Riemenschneider [German, c. 1460 – 1531]
Culture/Nationality:German
Style:Late Gothic, Renaissance
Date:1499-1505
Location:Sankt Jacobskirche, Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Medium:wood
Dimensions:970 x 417 cm (open)

 

 

 

 
Central shrine
 
Christ and Judas with Apostles
 
Christ and Judas with Philip and the sleeping John
 
Left wing: Entry into Jerusalem
 
Right wing: Agony in the Garden
 
Right wing: Agony in the Garden
 
Two Apostles