The Master of the Amsterdam Death of the Virgin (sometimes called the Master of the Almshouse of the Seven Electors) (fl. c. 1500) was a Netherlandish painter. His notname is derived from a panel depiction of the Death of the Virgin, dated to practically 1500 and now in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. The painting shows the Virgin Mary and the twelve Apostles in a technical interior, in intimate mood. The figures in the painting are small, with small heads and hands; their torsos, however, are bulky and covered in drapery. The name “Master of the Almshouse of the Seven Electors” is sometimes preferred because it refers to the reveal of the institution that donated the painting to the museum. There is along with some disagreement exceeding the attribution of paintings credited to the Master; some critics choose instead to attribute some of them to the poorly known Master of the Lantern. Critics furthermore disagree as to his origin; some have amalgamated him to Amsterdam, while others have suggested ties to Utrecht and its assistant professor of manuscript painters.
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