Wilm Dedeke Explained

Wilm Dedeke (– 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.^[1] He has been identified with the anonymous "Master of the Halepagen Altar".^[2] 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 (1500), also in the St. Annen Museum
• The Crucified Christ (1500), from the St. Catherine's Church, Hamburg, now in the collection of the Kunsthalle Hamburg
• Madonna with Child (1500), St. Annen Museum.

See also

• List of German painters

External links

• • Wilm Dedeke on the website of the Museum of Schleswig-Holstein (In German)

Notes and References

1. Gmelin, Hans Georg. "Dedeke, Wilm." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed 3 February 2012; subscription required).
2. 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