# MASTER of 1456

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## Artist

- Profession: painter
- School: German

## Biography

German painter. He owes his name to the series of twenty-four panels detailing, in thirty episodes, the life of Saint Ursula in the Basilica of Saint Ursula, Cologne. The last panel, depicting the saint&#39;s martyrdom, is dated 1456. Ten other recorded panels are connected to this cycle due to stylistic similarities. Both series are also framed by a red band containing text. Further works comprised mainly of smaller panels for private devotion have enlarged the Master&#39;s corpus. All panels show the influence of Stefan Lochner. It is thought that the master have run a workshop in Cologne.

## Related artworks

- [Madonna on a Crescent Moon in Hortus Conclusus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-1456-rdaff8a1f76ec99/madonna-on-a-crescent-moon-in-hortus-conclusus-r472146266b7175>)
- [Martyrdom of St Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-1456-rdaff8a1f76ec99/martyrdom-of-st-ursula-and-the-eleven-thousand-virgins-of-cologne-r5f7347d4cc765e>)

## Attribution

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