page_title: Tilman Riemenschneider
section_title: Major works
hierarchical_section_title: Tilman Riemenschneider / Major works
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Heilig-Blut-Altar von Tilmann Riemenschneider in der St. Jakobs Kirche
context_page_description: Tilman Riemenschneider was a German sculptor and woodcarver active in Würzburg from 1483. He was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between late Gothic and Renaissance, a master in stone and limewood.
context_section_description: The largest collection of his work, 81 pieces, can be found in the Mainfränkisches Museum in the Fortress Marienberg in Würzburg.
  Hassenbacher Vesperbild, church of Hassenbach, around 1490, wood
  Altar of the Farewell of the Apostles, Allerheiligenkirche, Kleinschwarzenlohe near Nuremberg, 1491
  Altar Piece, Maria Magdalena, Münnerstadt, 1490/92
  Adam and Eve, originally Marienkapelle Würzburg, Mainfränkisches Museum, 1491/93
  Sculpture of Bishop Rudolf von Scherenberg, Würzburg Cathedral, 1496/99
  Emperor's Tomb, Bamberg Cathedral, 1499/1513
  Mary Salome and Zebedee, Würzburg 1501-5, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  Saint Anne and her three husbands, Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, 1505/1510, wood
  Grieving Maria, Würzburg, Mainfränkisches Museum, around 1505
  Altar of Maria, Creglingen, around 1505/08, wood
  Altar of the Apostles, Altar of the Church Fathers, and Altar of the Annunciation, Carving of St. Kilian, Crucifix, epitaph of Hans von Bibra, St. Leo church, Bibra near Meiningen, around 1500, wood except epitaph
  Crucifixion, St. Nikolas Church in Eisingen, Bavaria, 1500—1505
  Holy Blood Altar, Jakobskirche, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, 1501—1505, wood
  Altar of the Apostles, St.-Kilians-Kirche zu Windsheim, 1509, now in the Kurpfälzisches Museum, Heidelberg
  Crucifixion Altar, church of Detwang (Rothenburg ob der Tauber), 1510/13, now in the Kurpfälzisches Museum, Heidelberg
  Tomb of Bishop Lorenz of Bibra, Würzburg Cathedral, 1520/22
  Madonna of the Rosary, pilgrim's church of Maria im Weingarten, near Volkach, around 1521/24
  The Lamentation of Christ, abbey church of Maidbronn near Würzburg, 1525
  The Assumption of the Virgin, center panel of the Creglingen altarpiece, Herrgottskirche, Creglingen, 1495-1499
caption: Last Supper detail from Holy Blood Altar in Rothenburg ob der Tauber
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