03 — ARTWORK
Portrait of Guido Guersi
- MEDIUM
- Black chalk heightened with white, 341 x 253 mm
- TYPE
- Portrait
PALETTE
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CURRENT LOCATION · Schlossmuseum (Weimar)
- FILE
- 700 × 926 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
UNDERLINED TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE GLOSSARY.
Guido Guersi was the Preceptor of the monasterythe complex of buildings used by a community of monks. Among the main elements of the complex are the church, cloister, chapter house (used by the governing body), refectory (dining room) and dormitory (sleeping quarters). at Isenheim who commissioned the Isenheim AltarpieceA picture or sculpture that stands on or is set up behind an altar. The term reredos is used for an ornamental screen or partition, not directly attached to the altar table but affixed to the wall behind it. A diptych is an altarpiece consisting of two panels, a triptych one of three panels, and a polyptych one of four or more panels. From the 14th to 16th century, the altarpiece was one of the most important commissions in European art; it was through the altarpiece that some of the most decisive developments in painting and sculpture came about..
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Portrait of Guido Guersi by GRÜNEWALD, Matthias},
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date = {2026-09-13},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.