The personality of Master of the Litoměřice Altar and his hypotetical activity in St. Wenceslas Chapel in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague

The personality of Master of the Litoměřice Altarpiece and his hypothetical activity in St. Wenceslas Chapel in St. Vitus' Cathedral in Prague The master of the Litoměřice Altarpiece is the most significant figure in the plastic and graphic art of Jagellon Bohemia in the period of late Gothic. The election of Vladislav Jagello, who became King of Bohemia in 1471, the Bohemia state was added to their dynasty holdings. After death of his political enemy Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, Vladislav set up his permanent residence in Buda and on various occasions paid only shorter or longer visits to Prague. His son Louis also resided permanently in Buda and came to the Bohemian metropolis only once. For these reasons is very difficult question about king as a donator. Numerous art historical literature dealing with this artist has offered two completely different hypotheses, some scholars believe in Czech origin artist who was strongly influenced by the so-called Danube school, others contented that the Master of the Litoměřice Altarpiece was born and trained abroad. The starting point for any summary of the oeuvre of this anonymous artist is two key monuments of painting that date from the first decade of the 16th century and which survived in Bohemia. The first of these is a large cycle of murals in St...