Conrad Fyoll, who flourished at

Frankfort-on-the-Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its n ...

from the year 1464 to 1476, — the only period of time of which record concerning him has been handed down to us, — is a painter whose works display graceful drawing and subdued colouring. The chief picture ascribed to him is an

altar-piece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ...

in the Städel Institute at Frankfort. It represents, in the centre, ''Christ on the Cross,'' with the donor and his sons on the right wing, and his wife and daughters on the left wing. There is also a picture of the ''Family of St. Anne.'' Mention may also be made of a

triptych A triptych ( ; from the Greek adjective ''τρίπτυχον'' "''triptukhon''" ("three-fold"), from ''tri'', i.e., "three" and ''ptysso'', i.e., "to fold" or ''ptyx'', i.e., "fold") is a work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided ...

in the Berlin Gallery formerly assigned to him, but now thought to be of rather later date, representing the ''Virgin and Child with St. Anna,'' and ''SS. Barbara and Catharine'' and the ''Annunciation'' on the wings; and of another in the Antwerp Museum, with the ''Adoration of the Magi'' in the centre, and the ''Nativity'' and ''Circumcision'' on the wings.

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* Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 15th-century German painters German male painters Artists from Frankfurt {{Germany-painter-stub

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