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HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger: The Oberried Altarpiece (right wing)

🖼 The Oberried Altarpiece (right wing), 1521-22
Tempera on wood
230 × 110 cm
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Jewel-toned robes and gilded details frame saints in meticulous detail, their faces rendered with penetrating psychological insight. This altarpiece wing exemplifies Northern Renaissance precision, merging Flemish technique with German devotional tradition to create an intimate spiritual meditation.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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