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Encyclopedia > Isenheim, Alsace

Issenheim is a commune of the Haut-Rhin département, in the Alsace région of northeastern France.

  • Population: 3,327
  • Area: 819 ha.
  • Altitude: 245 m

The Issenheim altarpiece (or Isenheim Altarpiece), currently on display at the Unterlinden Museum of Colmar, was painted in 1517 by Matthias Grünewald for a local monastery.


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The history of Alsace: from the Romans to European construction – Tourism in Alsace (742 words)
The Renaissance in Alsace continues to shape the region, in particular thanks to the impressive architecture of the individual towns with their magnificent public buildings and private mansions.
The Isenheim altarpiece by Grunewald remains a remarkable visual symbol of the transition to the Renaissance.
During the Napoleonic period, Alsace was a major supplier of both men and supplies to the Napoleonic armies.
History of Art:The High Renaissance, Mannerism (2533 words)
The wings of the altarpiece of the Antonite monastery at Isenheim, in southern Alsace (dated 1515), are considered to be his masterpiece.
The Isenheim Altarpiece consists of a carved wooden shrine with one pair of fixed and two pairs of movable wings flanking it.
Not until the Isenheim monastery was disbanded in the secularisation that followed the French Revolution was the Colmar Crucifixion finally moved — to a museum.
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