Artist

Master of the Brunswick Diptych

The nativity
Left wing of a triptych with St Valerianus
Right wing of a triptych with St Cecilia

Master of the Brunswick Diptych is a Northern Renaissance painter. 5 works are cataloged here, principally at Rijksmuseum, most of them oil paintings.

This anonymous painter, active around 1480–1500, made glowing oil panels that feel like frozen prayers. Their small works—like the left wing showing St. Valerianus or the calm *Nativity*—are thick with gold leaf and deep reds, locked in quiet moments of faith. Try the right wing where St. Cecilia kneels, her face lit by candlelight; it’s a doorway into the Northern European tradition of sacred storytelling.

Works by Master of the Brunswick Diptych

Collections represented

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