Wilm Dedeke

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Wilm Dedeke ({{circa|lk=no|1460}} – {{circa}}1528) was a late gothic painter from Northern Germany. He was born in Lübeck.

Dedeke completed the Altar of St. Luke (Lukas-Altar) at the Hamburg Mariendom in 1499 for the Hamburg Guild of Saint Luke. It had been left unfinished by his late colleagues Hinrik Bornemann and Absolon Stumme; Dedeke married the widow of the latter man. In 1502 he attained the title of Master of the Brotherhood of St. Thomas.Gmelin, Hans Georg. [http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/article/grove/art/T021780 "Dedeke, Wilm."] In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed 3 February 2012; subscription required). He has been identified with the anonymous "Master of the Halepagen Altar".[http://www.getty.edu/vow/ULANFullDisplay?find=Master+of+the+Halepagen+Altar&role=&nation=&prev_page=1&subjectid=500093947 Entry for the Master of the Halepagen Altar] on the Union List of Artist Names He died in Hamburg.

Works

  • Wings of the Altar of the Brotherhood of Corpus Christi (1496) from the Cloisters in Lübeck, today in the St. Annen Museum
  • Shrine of St. Anne ({{circa}}1500), also in the St. Annen Museum
  • The Crucified Christ ({{circa}}1500), from the St. Catherine's Church, Hamburg, now in the collection of the Kunsthalle Hamburg
  • Madonna with Child ({{circa}}1500), St. Annen Museum.

See also

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