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The Grabow Altarpiece (also known as the Petri Altar) was painted by
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Gothic paintings 1380s works Paintings depicting the Annunciation Paintings depicting Jesus Paintings depicting Adam and Eve Altarpieces Paintings depicting the Flight into Egypt Angels in art Paintings in the Hamburger Kunsthalle {{Hamburg-stub
The Grabow Altarpiece (also known as the Petri Altar) was painted by Master Bertram
Master Bertram (c.1345–c.1415), also known as Meister Bertram and Master of Minden, was a German International Gothic painter primarily of religious art.
Life
Bertram was born in Minden. He is first recorded in Hamburg in 1367, and liv ...
around 1379–1383. Originally located in St. Petri church
St. Petri Church ( no, St. Petri kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in the large Stavanger Municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the borough of Storhaug which lies near the centre of the city of Stavanger in th ...
, it is now in the Hamburger Kunsthalle
The Hamburger Kunsthalle is the art museum of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany. It is one of the largest art museums in the country. The museum consists of three connected buildings, dating from 1869 (main building), 1921 (Kuppelsaa ...
in Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...
, Germany.
It includes the earliest known depiction of the Rest on the Flight into Egypt
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a subject in Christian art showing Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus resting during their flight into Egypt. The Holy Family is normally shown in a landscape.
The subject did not develop until the seco ...
(lower row, last section on the right).Schiller, Gertud, ''Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. I'', p. 122, 1971 (English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London,
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showing the full altarpiece (main image, exterio
interio
Gothic paintings 1380s works Paintings depicting the Annunciation Paintings depicting Jesus Paintings depicting Adam and Eve Altarpieces Paintings depicting the Flight into Egypt Angels in art Paintings in the Hamburger Kunsthalle {{Hamburg-stub