UNKNOWN MASTER, altarpiece painter
(15th century)

Birth of Christ and Death of Mary

c. 1490
Tempera on wood, 72 x 53 and 76 x 53 cm, respectively
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

This altarwing from Nagytótlak is one of the rare surviving examples of medieval paintings from western, Transdanubian part of Hungary. The panels are related to Austrian paintings of the period.


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