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Naumburg Master

fl. 13th century · 13th century

The Naumburg Master is the name given to an anonymous sculptor and architect, trained in northern France, who worked at Mainz, Naumburg and Meissen in the mid-13th century. His statues of the founders in the west choir of Naumburg Cathedral, made around 1250, are among the masterpieces of Gothic sculpture.

Naumburg Master
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Prince-Bishopric of Naumburg

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