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The Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame (or Frauenhausmuseum in German) is the city of
Strasbourg Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...
's museum for Upper Rhenish
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s and
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s, dating from the early
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until 1681. The museum is famous for its collection of original
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s, glass windows,
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fragments, as well as the building plans of
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. It has a considerable collection of works by Peter Hemmel von Andlau, Niclas Gerhaert van Leyden, Nikolaus Hagenauer, Ivo Strigel, Konrad Witz, Hans Baldung and Sebastian Stoskopff.


Purpose

The ''Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame'' was created in order to merge, under a single roof, four thematically related but differently focussed, collections of all types of Upper Rhenish art created prior to 1681. It is located in the half-Gothic, half-Renaissance core building of the ''Fondation de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame'', and in several early Baroque timber-framed houses which surround it.


Origins

The first documentary evidence of the Strasbourg ''Fondation de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame'', dates back to 1281, and it is still responsible for the maintenance of the cathedral. In addition to the building plans, which have been preserved from the very beginning, they also conserve architectural artifacts such as fragments of the choir screen, which was destroyed in 1681 and the originals of the sculptures which were removed or knocked down during the French Revolution and were later replaced by copies. The ''Société pour la conservation des monuments historiques d’Alsace'' (Society for the Conservation of the Historical Monuments of Alsace), endeavored to rescue the most valuable components and decorations (altars, statues, vessels, tapestries) from churches, cloisters and chapels which had been abandoned to destruction or decay throughout Alsace. The painting collection of the city, restored by Wilhelm von Bode around 1890, exhibited a primary focus on regional masters, as noted by the donation of the " Portrait of the canon Ambrosius Volmar Keller", a masterpiece of Hans Baldung from the private collection of
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.


Museum

Finally, in the new museum of decorative arts of the city, the "Hohenlohe Museum", works of decorative art from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Early Baroque were also exhibited. These collections, which had been housed in various locations, were united in 1931 in the newly founded ''Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame''. In 1956, after the repair of the damage caused by the bombing of Strasbourg during the war in 1944, the museum was re-opened, featuring its expanded collection. In addition to the cathedral sculptures, glass windows, etc., the collection also features valuable artifacts salvaged from other Strasbourg churches, such as the Temple Neuf, which was destroyed in 1870, the Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux Church, renovated in 1867, and the Église Sainte-Madeleine, destroyed by fire in 1904. The romanesque components (cloister, baptismal font) from St Trophimus' Church, Eschau and the stained glass windows from St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Wissembourg and
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are noteworthy. Included in the collection are many late gothic altars assigned to anonymous masters of the Schongauer School.


Gallery

File:Christ de Wissembourg.JPG, Romanesque stained glass window "Head of Christ" from
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(11th or 12th century) File:Grande verrière avec Calvaire, Saint-Pierre, Saint-Maurice et la Vierge à l'Enfant Ancienne église Saint-Maurice de Mutzig, Bas-Rhin Vers 1300-1310.jpg, Gothic stained glass window "Calvary" from
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(early 14th century) File:Le Christ en croix ( MOND ).jpg, Gothic stained glass window "Christ on the Cross" from Strasbourg (early 15th century) File:Musee-de-l-Oeuvre-Notre-Dame-Strasbourg-IMG 1453.jpg, A romanesque relief capital on display at the museum File:StrasbourgMuséeOeuvre NotreDameArtRoman (2).JPG, Romanesque
baptismal font A baptismal font is an Church architecture, ecclesiastical architectural element, which serves as a receptacle for baptismal water used for baptism, as a part of Christian initiation for both rites of Infant baptism, infant and Believer's bapti ...
by the Master of Eschau File:Circoncision-Chartreuse-Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame (1).jpg, Gothic wooden relief "
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of Christ", from Strasbourg (late 15th century) File:Musee-de-l-Oeuvre-Notre-Dame-Strasbourg-IMG 4015.jpg, Statues from Notre-Dame de Strasbourg File:StrasbourgMuséeOeuvreNotreDameStatuesCathédrale (10).JPG, Statues from Notre-Dame de Strasbourg File:Statues 'L'Église' et 'La Synagogue' de la Cathédrale de Strasbourg, original gothique conservé au Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame-2.jpg, Ecclesia and Synagoga from Notre-Dame de Strasbourg File:Nicolaus von Leyden, Self-portrait3.JPG, Self-portrait of Nikolaus Gerhaert File:Nicolas de Haguenau-Buste d'homme accoudé 2-Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame (2).jpg, "Leaning Man" by Nikolaus Hagenauer File:Strasbourg, Musée de l’Oeuvre Notre-Dame 07.JPG, Altar by Ivo Strigel File:Strasbourg, Musée de l’Oeuvre Notre-Dame 11.JPG, "Holy Monk" by Hans Wydyz File:Vierge_au_jardinet,_Maître_rhénan_anonyme,_Musée_de_l'Oeuvre_Notre-Dame.jpg, Anonymous master: "Madonna in a Garden" File:Konrad Witz 007.jpg, Konrad Witz: " Sts Catherine and Mary Magdalene" File:Baldung Vierge treille mba mb.jpg, Hans Baldung: " Madonna in the Vine Arbour" File:Lucas Cranach d. Ä., Bildnis eines jungen Mannes (1533) (2).jpg,
Lucas Cranach the Elder Lucas Cranach the Elder ( ;  â€“ 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German ...
: "Portrait of a young Man" File:The five senses or Summer, by Sébastien Stoskopff.jpg, Sebastian Stoskopff: "Summer or the Five Senses" File:StrasbourgOeuvreNotreDameArmoires (3).JPG, 17th-century cupboards


Literature

*Cécile Dupeux: ''Strasbourg, Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame'', Éditions Scala, Paris, 1999, *Cécile Dupeux et al.: ''Musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame. Arts du Moyen-Âge et de la Renaissance'', Éditions des musées de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 2013, *Cécile Dupeux, Jean-David Touchais et al.: ''Œuvre Notre-Dame Museum. Arts of the Middle Ages'', Éditions des musées de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 2021,


External links


Musees-strasbourg.org: Official Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame de Strasbourg website
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