Tilman Riemenschneider

1460

German sculptor and woodcarver (c.1460–1531)

Tilman Riemenschneider was a German woodcarver and sculptor active in Würzburg from 1483. He was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between the Late Gothic, to which he essentially belonged, and Northern Renaissance art, a master in limewood and stone. He was also a local politician in the council of Würzburg.

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Tilman Riemenschneider

Works

Holy Blood altar

John the Baptist

Saint Jerome and the Lion (From the former Church of St. Peter in Erfurt)

Saint Stephen

St Lawrence

Zwölfbotenaltar

Saint Louis of Toulouse

Adoration of the Magi

Münnerstädter altar: Assumption of Saint Mary Magdalene

Münnerstädter altar: The Four Evangelists

Saint George Fighting the Dragon

Saint James the Elder

Seated Bishop

Twelve Apostles

Mary of Annunciation

Saints Christopher, Eustace, and Erasmus (Three Helper Saints)

Virgin and Child on a Crescent Moon

Altar of the Virgin

Apostle Matthias

Saint Afra

Saint Sebastian

Mary Salome and Zebedee

Madonna and child on the Crescent Moon

Saint Barbara

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary

St James the Elder

God the Father with the Suffering Christ

A Bishop Saint (Burchard of Würzburg?)

Virgin Mary

John the Baptist

Madonna and Child

Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon

High Priest Caiaphas with four war servants

Mary and John with two grieving women

Twelve Apostles: Saint Andrew

Twelve Apostles: Saint Bartholomew

Twelve Apostles: Saint James the Elder

Twelve Apostles: Saint James the Lesser

Twelve Apostles: Saint John

Twelve Apostles: Saint Jude Thaddeus

Twelve Apostles: Saint Matthias

Twelve Apostles: Saint Paul

Twelve Apostles: Saint Peter

Twelve Apostles: Saint Philip

Twelve Apostles: Saint Simon

Twelve Apostles: Saint Thomas