Master of the Göttingen Franciscan Altarpiece (active c.1400-1430)

• Also known The Meister des Göttinger Barfüßeraltars or Master of the Hildesheim Magdalene Legend.
• Was a Gothic German painter in Göttingen.
• The altarpiece can be seen in the Lower Saxony State Museum (Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum) in Hanover.
• The painting is 7.87 meters wide and 3.06 meters high, the largest preserved Gothic altarpiece in Lower Saxony.
• It was restored in 2005 after six years of work at a cost of 1.2 million euros.

• He is also referred to as the Meister der Hildesheimer Magdalenenlegende for a work attributed to him in Hildesheim, at the Magdalenenkirche.

• The altarpiece panels are now housed in a variety of different museums.
• For instance the Noli me tangere is in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.
• These scenes which depict the legend of Mary Magdalene (Magdalenenlegende) are thought to be his earliest known work. 

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