Master of the Karlsruhe Passion

The Master of the Karlsruhe Passion is the notname of a German painter of the late Gothic period active in the Upper Rhine.

He is named after his main work, the Karlsruhe Passion, though he may also have been the artist behind the murals in the former Dominican church in Strasbourg, only known through two 17th century copies (a coloured drawing and an etching).

The panels show their artist's special narrative, visual and symbolic language and include lower-class characters.

[1] Their interpretation of the Passion recalls the aims of the contemporary Devotio Moderna, which recommended independent scriptural study and a personal relationship with God.

[2] The panels' narrative qualities are also new in Upper Rhenish art and influenced the development of painting in the region.