Tilman Riemenschneider: 7 works

'Among the most significant of the limewood sculptors of Renaissance Germany, Riemenschneider was a key figure in the transition from the ethereal forms that dominated the Late Gothic period to more realistic human forms of the German Renaissance.'

'The artist is identified as a close follower of Tilman Riemenschneider, whose workshop produced an exceptional group of sculptors during the first decades of the sixteenth century.'

'Positioned at eye level in the European galleries of the High Museum of Art is a linden wood (or lime wood) sculpture of an aging man, the biblical apostle and martyr St. Andrew, attributed to the workshop of Tilman Riemenschneider.'

'Because he worked simultaneously on several commissions, the workshop produced one kind of sculpture for up to decades, almost unchanged in form.'

'The artist is identified as a close follower of Tilman Riemenschneider, whose workshop produced an exceptional group of sculptors during the first decades of the sixteenth century.'

'Although this particular bust was polychromed, Riemenschneider was a pioneer in the use of bare, unpainted wood for the sculpture on his major altarpieces.'

'During a career spanning four decades, Tilman Riemenschneider produced numerous groups of the Virgin and Child, a prevalent cult image in the Catholic Church.'