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Bernt Notke  (born ca. 1435 in Lassan in Pomerania; died winter 1508/09 in Lübeck) was the most important German painter and sculptor in Northern Europe in his times. Image File history File links Bernt_Notke. ... For other uses, see number 1435. ... Lassan is a town in the Ostvorpommern district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. ... Duchy of Pomerania, ruled by the slavic dynasty of Griffits (Polish: Gryfici, German: Greifen), was a semi-independent principality in the 17th century. ... Lübeck ( pronunc. ... Northern Europe is marked in dark blue Northern Europe is a name of the northern part of the European continent. ...

Bernt Notke, Self-Portrait (in form of a kneeling priest in the altarpiece Mass of St. Gregor, ca. 1504).
Bernt Notke, Self-Portrait (in form of a kneeling priest in the altarpiece Mass of St. Gregor, ca. 1504).

Most famous is his sculpture Sankt Göran och Draken for the Storkyrkan in Stockholms Gamla stan. An exact copy of this sculpture is at St. Cathrines Church in Lübeck. Image File history File linksMetadata Goss_74a. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Goss_74a. ... Saint George versus the dragon According to the Golden Legend by Jacobus de Voragine, the story of Saint George and the Dragon took place in a place he called Silene, in Libya. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Nickname: Location of Stockholm in northern Europe Coordinates: Country Sweden Municipality Stockholm Municipality County Stockholm Province Södermanland and Uppland Charter 13th Century Population (April 2007)  - City 782,885  - Density 4,160/km² (10,774. ... Panoramic view of Gamla stan from the harbour. ... Lübeck ( pronunc. ...


He is the creator of the worlds largest Triumphant Cross in Lübeck Cathedral. This article contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...


His Danse Macabre in St. Mary in Lübeck was destroyed in the course of an allied bomb raid. Parts of his Danse Macabre for Reval are saved in the museum of Tallinn. The Dance of Death (1493) by Michael Wolgemut, from the Liber chronicarum by Hartmann Schedel. ... The Luebecker Marienkirche (St Marys Church of Luebeck) was constructed between 1250 and 1350 and for many years has been a symbol of the power and prosperity of the old Hanseatic city. ... The city of Tallinn is the capital city and main seaport of Estonia. ... County Harju County Mayor Jüri Ratas Area 159. ...


The trade with sacral art went as far as Northern Norway. There is an altar from Notke in Trondenes Church near Harstad. Trondenes Church is the northernmost Medieval stone church of Norway, situated near Harstad. ... Municipality of Harstad (In the county of Troms) County Troms District HÃ¥logaland Municipality NO-1901 Administrative centre Harstad Mayor (2005) Halvar Hansen (Ap) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 249 372 km² 355 km² 0. ...

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Lübeck's dance of Death, Did Bernt Notke paint the dances of death? (1115 words)
The received wisdom has it that Bernt Notke is the creator of the dances of death in Lübeck and Tallinn - but the authorities are a bit thin in the evidence department.
Notke's first biographer, Friedrich Bruuns, meant that Notke had been favoured by the council and wrote »only with all reserve might [we] here hint at the possibility that Notke could have participated in the execution of the dance of death dated from 1463«.
The Trinity altarpiece in Lübeck (attributed to Notke)
St George and the Dragon by NOTKE, Bernt (172 words)
Bernt Notke's St George and the Dragon celebrates Sweden's victory over Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway (r.
Sture and others ordered an over-life-size equestrian sculpture of the saint by Bernt Notke of Lübeck for the Holy Cross altar in Stockholm's main church as victory memorial.
Notke represented St George fighting a ferocious dragon.
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