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Master of the Life of the Virgin
( fl c. 1460–80). German painter. He is named from a winged altarpiece (c. 1465; Cologne, St Ursula) with panels depicting scenes from the Life of the Virgin (one, Presentation in the Temple, London, N.G.; seven, Munich, Alte Pin.), the reverse side of its wings being damaged and dismembered. The altarpiece was donated by the Cologne patrician Johann von Hirtz (councillor 1440–74; d 1481), whose portrait is prominent in the Visitation. Although the Master of the Life of the Virgin’s collaboration (Stange, 1967) and even identity (Förster) with the Master of the Lyversberg Passion has been suggested, there is more reason to believe that the Master of the Legend of St George was involved.
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