A treasure trove in the collection of the Unterlinden Museum, the altarpiece of Issenheim is one of the museum's most admired works. This polyptych composed of painted panels and a sculpted case presents episodes from the lives of Christ and Saint Anthony. Between 1512 and 1516, the artists Nicolas de Haguenau (for the sculpted part) and Grünewald (for the painted panels) created the famous altarpiece for the Antonine Commandery of Issenheim, a village located about twenty kilometres from Colmar. This polyptych, which adorned the high altar of the church of the convent of Issenheim before the
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