( fl c. 1415–20). Bohemian painter. He was one of the most influential painters in southern Bohemia during the early 15th century and is named after an altarpiece from the Benedictine monastery at Raigern (now Rajhrad). Dated before 1420, the six surviving panels (five in Brno, Mus. City; one in Prague, N.G., Sternberk Pal.) are his only authenticated work and appear to combine scenes from the Passion with scenes from the Legend of the Holy Cross. He attained a vivid narrative realism through the accumulation of dramatically active figure-groups and heightened expression, for example in Christ Carrying the Cross (Brno) and the Crucifixion (Prague). The Master of Raigern seems to have had a large workshop and influenced painting not only in southern Bohemia but also in neighbouring countries, for example, in Vienna, the work of the MASTER OF THE ST LAMBERT VOTIVE ALTARPIECE (see below).

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