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Dedeke, Wilm [Master of the Halepagen Altar]
(b Lübeck, c. 1460; d Hamburg, 1528). German painter. His Lübeck origins are demonstrated stylistically in his contribution to the altar of the Lübeck Corpus Christi Brotherhood (1496; Lübeck, St Annenmus.). In 1499 he probably married a woman previously married, in succession, to Hans Bornemann, Hinrik Funhof and Absalon Stumme ( fl c. 1486–98): this enabled him to become established in Hamburg as a workshop proprietor. Both Stumme and his wife’s son Hinrik Borneman died that year. Dedeke’s first task was therefore to complete their work on the wings of the St Luke altar for the Jakobikirche in Hamburg. He was accepted into the painters’ guild in 1500: in 1502 he became master of the Brotherhood of St Thomas. After his second surviving altarpiece in Hamburg, for the Company of Fishers (1508; Jakobikirche), he probably remained the leading artist of Hamburg until his death.
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