Jost Haller was a 15th-century Gothic painter from

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, active in the years 1440–1470, first established in Strasbourg, then in

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, and in

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. He is also called The painter of the

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s (french: Le peintre des chevaliers) ot "The painter of knights", or ''Le peintre de chevaliers'' Haller's name was forgotten until 1980, when art historian

Charles Sterling Charles Sterling (born Karol Sterling; 5 September 1901, Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire – 9 January 1991, Paris, France) was a Polish art historian mainly active in France. He fought in the Polish–Soviet War in defence of ...

rediscovered it and put it on a number of paintings and

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s that were hitherto attributed to anonymous masters, most famously among them the ''Tempelhof Altarpiece'' (ca. 1445) from Bergheim, Haut-Rhin (not to be confused with the Tempelhof district of

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!), an oil on panel painting wide and high, now kept in the Unterlinden Museum in

Colmar Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), ...

. Haller is also thought to be the author of the fresco of ''Saint Michael defeating Satan'', high and wide, of St Thomas' Church, Strasbourg. A bridge in Strasbourg, built 2006, is named after Jost Haller.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haller, Jost Painters from Alsace 15th-century German painters Gothic painters Artists from Strasbourg German male painters

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