Michel Sittow in the North? Altarpieces in two voices

The book accompanies the exhibition “Michel Sittow in the North? Altarpieces in Dialogue” at the Niguliste Museum (04.05.-05.11.2023). The exhibition is organised in cooperation with the Art Museum of Estonia, Hälsingland Museum and the Church of Sweden.

Born in Tallinn, Michel Sittow (circa 1469-1525) was a highly regarded artist who lived and worked in the city of his birth for more than fifteen years. In the courts of southern and northern Europe he portrayed kings and aristocrats, and in Tallinn he executed works for local merchants and city rulers, as well as Nordic shrines. Exhibition and catalogue “Michel Sittow in the North? Altarpieces in Dialogue” will be the first time that the famous master’s workshop in Tallinn will be viewed in dialogue with other international masters who were active here at the same time. The key works that reveal these themes are the Bollnäs Holy Kinship altarpiece from Sweden and the Tallinn Passion altarpiece.