Grunewald, Matthias
German Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1470-1528
.the traditional name of a painter whose real name is believed to have been Nithardt or Neithardt. He was active at Isenheim nr. Colmar c.1514 and in Frankfurt c.1526. Gr??newald's principal work, an elaborate altarpiece of many panels painted for the monastery at Isenheim (Isenheimer Altar), is now in the Colmar museum.
ID: 62357 Establishment of the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome 1517-19 Oil on wood St?dtische Museen, Freiburg im Breisgau The detail shows the background of the painting. The palace at the left has no wall and the dreaming pope can be seen in his bedroom. At the steps of the palace the patrician and his wife view the Mother of God in snow-white glory in the sky. On the right, in front of the Lateran Palace people are gathering, discussing the miracle and forming a procession
