Bernt Notke
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Bernt Notke (born c. 1435 in Lassan in Pomerania; died winter 1508/1509 in Lübeck) was the most important German painter and sculptor in Northern Europe in his times.
Most famous is his sculpture Sankt Göran och Draken for the Storkyrkan in Stockholms Gamla stan. An exact copy of this sculpture is at St. Cathrines Church in Lübeck.
He is the creator of the world's largest Triumphant Cross, in Lübeck Cathedral.
His Danse Macabre in St. Mary in Lübeck was destroyed in the course of an allied bomb raid.
Parts of his Danse Macabre for Reval are saved in St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn.
The trade with sacral art went as far as Northern Norway. There is an altar from Notke in Trondenes Church near Harstad.
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