Derick Baegert
ca. 1440 - 1515
Derick (or: Derik) Baegert. German (Lower Rhenish) mediaeval painter from Wesel. Precise date of birth and death unknown.
Baegert runs a flourishing shop with his son Jan, his nephew Jan Joest, and other masters. Produces several large altarpieces, including the ones for the Dortmunder 'Propsteikirche' and the Mathena Church in Wesel, the Berlin passion altar and the Parish Church altar in Cologne. Passion pieces would commonly show scenes from Christ's passion: the Crucifixion, Mount Calvary and so on.
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