!!!Mauer bei Melk

Mauer bei Melk, Lower Austria, village in the district of Melk, alt. 
250 m, situated east of the town of Melk; cadastral district of 
the market town of Dunkelsteinerwald. - Gothic parish church, the nave 
of which was altered in Baroque style in 1737, sacrament house (1506), 
high altar (1735). The finely carved limewood winged altar, which was 
created around 1520, constitutes one of the most outstanding Late 
Gothic works of art of Lower Austria. The central piece depicts the 
Virgin with Child, God the Father and the Holy Spirit surrounded by 
saints and souls in Purgatory awaiting the grace of God. The wings 
depict four scenes from the life of the Virgin  Meister des Altars von 
Mauer bei Melk.


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