Nativity of Christ

Matthäus Krinis

(active in Upper Bavaria, first quarter of the 16th century)

Upper Bavaria, circa 1518
High relief, lime wood
Height: 45 cm; width: 68 cm

Matthäus Krinis is a sculptor from the circle of the important Upper Bavarian artist Hans Leinberger. In 1511 he was granted citizenship in Mühldorf am Inn as an independent master.

Literature: M. Neumeister: Studien zu den Altöttinger Türen und ihrem Meister. Part III, Diss., University Hamburg 1996, p. 100-102, no. 8 with ill.