Naumburg Master

Interior of the choir, north wall, detail of Eckard II and Uta, founders of Naumburg, Naumburg Cathedral

The Naumburg Master (German: Naumburger Meister or Meister von Naumburg) is the name given to an anonymous medieval sculptor. His works date to the middle of the 13th century and are counted among the most important artworks of the Middle Ages.

The Naumburg Master very likely learned his craft in northern France in the heyday of the High Gothic style. He was active in Noyon, Amiens, and Reims around 1225, and possibly also later in Metz. Around 1230 he worked on the cathedral in Mainz, where he worked on the fragmentary rood screen. Afterward he traveled east to Naumburg. The twelve monumental donor portraits in the west choir of the Naumburg Cathedral are considered his masterpieces, and it is from thence that his name derives.

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