23-2Matthias Grünewald,Isenheim Altarpiece (closed,top;open,bottom), from the chapel of the Hospital of Saint Anthony, Isenheim,
Germany, ca. 1510–1515. Oil on wood, 9 9 – 21 10 9 (center panel), 8 2 –^12 3 ^1 – 2 (each wing), 2 51 – 2 11 2 (predella). Shrine carved by
Nikolaus Hagenauer in 1490. Painted and gilt limewood, 9 91 – 2 10 9 . Musée d’Unterlinden, Colmar.
Befitting its setting in a monastic hospital, Matthias Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpieceincludes painted panels depicting suffering and disease
but also miraculous healing, hope, and salvation.
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