Heller Altarpiece
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Summary
Heller Altarpiece is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (336 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Albrecht Dürer[3], Matthias Grünewald[4], Jobst Harrich[5]
- Religion or worldview: Christianity[6]
- Instance of: reredos[7], triptych[8], winged altarpiece[9]
- Commissioned by: Jakob Heller[10]
- Owned by: Dominikanerkloster Frankfurt am Main[11]
- Movement: German Renaissance[12]
- Genre: religious art[13]
- Named after: Jakob Heller[14]
- Depicts: Jesus Christ[15], Coronation of the Virgin[16], Self-portraits by Albrecht Dürer[17], St. James the Elder[18], Catherine of Alexandria[19], Jakob Heller[20]
- Made from material: oil paint[21], fir panel[22]
- Collection: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe[23], Historical Museum Frankfurt[24], Städel Museum[25], Dominikanerkloster Frankfurt am Main[26]
- Location: Dominikanerkloster Frankfurt am Main[27], Historical Museum Frankfurt[28]
- Commons category: Heller Altarpiece[29]
- Has part(s): Heller Altarpiece[30], Heller altarpiece, central panel, Assumption and Coronation of Mary[31], Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia[32], Q48554347[33], Holy Martyr[34], Heller-Altar, first inner wing, Martyrdom of Saint James the Great[35], Q48554362[36], Q48554366[37], Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Christopher[38], Q48554373[39], Saint Lawrence[40], Q106322065[41]
- Inception: 1500[42], 1610[43]
- Significant event: destruction[44]
- Main subject: Coronation of the Virgin[45]
- Depicts Iconclass notation: 73E79[46], 73F2434[47], 11HH(CATHERINE)63[48], 48B3[49], 61B2(JAKOB HELLER)[50], 61B2(KATHARINA HELLER)[51]
- Title: Heller Altarpiece[52]
- Height: 189 cm[53]
- Width: 138 cm[54]
- Capital cost: 200 guilder[55]
- Copyright status: public domain[56]
Why It Matters
Heller Altarpiece has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]