BERN'S LOST ALTAR

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Niklaus Manuel is one of the prominent figures in the period of transition from the Middle Ages

to the early modern age. He was a painter, statesman, reformer, Swiss mercenary, commander-

in-chief, founder of the Manuel dynasty, and many other things as well. Three panels

ascribed to his hand have survived as part of the Museum of Fine Arts Berne Collection. They

originally belonged to a lost altarpiece of the former Dominican church in Bern, now called

Französische Kirche (French church). What actually happens to pictures when their meaning

undergoes a radical change? Whereas they were sacred fixtures while housed in a church, at

the Museum of Fine Arts Berne they are kept and cared for as the works of an important artist.

This small presentation of the collection addresses these topics.

Kunstmuseum Bern
Hodlerstrasse 12
3000 Bern
Switzerland
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BERN'S LOST ALTAR Kunstmuseum Bern Main address: Kunstmuseum Bern Hodlerstrasse 12 3000 Bern, Switzerland Kunstmuseum Bern Hodlerstrasse 12 3000 Bern, Switzerland Niklaus Manuel is one of the prominent figures in the period of transition from the Middle Ages

to the early modern age. He was a painter, statesman, reformer, Swiss mercenary, commander-

in-chief, founder of the Manuel dynasty, and many other things as well. Three panels

ascribed to his hand have survived as part of the Museum of Fine Arts Berne Collection. They

originally belonged to a lost altarpiece of the former Dominican church in Bern, now called

Französische Kirche (French church). What actually happens to pictures when their meaning

undergoes a radical change? Whereas they were sacred fixtures while housed in a church, at

the Museum of Fine Arts Berne they are kept and cared for as the works of an important artist.

This small presentation of the collection addresses these topics.
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