Our day In Colmar

Today we had a very exciting day! We took a boat trip on the Rhine River. The Rhine serves as the border between France and Germany in the Alsace region. We also went to the Unterlinden museum which has the Isenheim Altarpiece. The Isenheim Altarpiece is an altarpiece painted by the German artist Matthias Grünewald in 1506-1515. This altar piece was painted for the Monastery of St. Anthony in Isenheim near Colmar, which specialized in hospital work. The Antonine monks of the monastery were noted for their treatment of sufferers of skin disease, such as ergotism, symptoms of which are displayed by figures including the crucified Christ in the altarpiece. – Margeaux Candlin