Master of the Bartholomew Altar, active c. (1470-1510)

• The Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece (sometimes called the Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altar, was an Early Netherlandish painter.
• He was active in Germany between 1475/1480 and 1510.
• Despite his anonymity, he is one of the most recognizable artists of the early Renaissance period in German art.
• His name is derived from an altarpiece dated to between 1505 and 1510, depicting Saint Bartholomew flanked by Saint Agnes and Saint Cecilia.
• The painting is known to have hung in the church of St. Kolumba, Cologne.
• It is further suggested that he emigrated to Cologne in about 1480.
• His early style may be seen in the miniatures he painted for the Book of Hours of Sophia van Bylant; the Flagellation in this collection is dated to 1475.
• Other early works, dated to the 1480s, include an Adoration of the Kings and a Madonna and Child with Saint Anne, both of which exhibit affinities with northern Netherlandish painting and may have been created in the Netherlands.
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