The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
1524
The horned Moses receives the tablets from God the Father. Above right, the dance around the Golden Calf.
These are six reliefs made of pear wood, stylistically between late Gothic and early Renaissance.
The very homogeneous wood grain made extraordinary fineness of detail possible, a "foretaste" of what was to become - i.e. in Mannerism and Baroque - a very specifically German artistic genre.
The depictions thematise the Ten Commandments in a main and a secondary scene.
Location: Munich, Bavarian National Museum, inv. no. MA 1898 - MA 1903
Design: Stoss, Umkreis
Realization: Stoss, Umkreis
Material: Pear wood
photo 2021, Pablo de la Riestra
The Ten Commandments
1524
Above left, the first commandment: I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other gods besides me (mammon, gambling). In the foreground the second commandment: You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain (swear, curse).
These are six reliefs made of pear wood, stylistically between late Gothic and early Renaissance.
The very homogeneous wood grain made extraordinary fineness of detail possible, a "foretaste" of what was to become - i.e. in Mannerism and Baroque - a very specifically German artistic genre.
The depictions thematise the Ten Commandments in a main and a secondary scene.
Location: Munich, Bavarian National Museum, inv. no. MA 1898 - MA 1903
Design: Stoss, Umkreis
Realization: Stoss, Umkreis
Material: Pear wood
photo 2021, Pablo de la Riestra
The Ten Commandments
1524
The third commandment: You shall keep the holiday holy. Above right, the fourth commandment: You shall honour your father and mother.
These are six reliefs made of pear wood, stylistically between late Gothic and early Renaissance.
The very homogeneous wood grain made extraordinary fineness of detail possible, a "foretaste" of what was to become - i.e. in Mannerism and Baroque - a very specifically German artistic genre.
The depictions thematise the Ten Commandments in a main and a secondary scene.
Location: Munich, Bavarian National Museum, inv. no. MA 1898 - MA 1903
Design: Stoss, Umkreis
Realization: Stoss, Umkreis
Material: Pear wood
photo 2021, Pablo de la Riestra
The Ten Commandments
1524
Detail: The fourth commandment: You shall honour your father and mother.
These are six reliefs made of pear wood, stylistically between late Gothic and early Renaissance.
The very homogeneous wood grain made extraordinary fineness of detail possible, a "foretaste" of what was to become - i.e. in Mannerism and Baroque - a very specifically German artistic genre.
The depictions thematise the Ten Commandments in a main and a secondary scene.
Location: Munich, Bavarian National Museum, inv. no. MA 1898 - MA 1903
Design: Stoss, Umkreis
Realization: Stoss, Umkreis
Material: Pear wood
photo 2021, Pablo de la Riestra
The Ten Commandments
1524
The fifth commandment: Thou shalt not kill, top left the seventh commandment: Thou shalt not steal
These are six reliefs made of pear wood, stylistically between late Gothic and early Renaissance.
The very homogeneous wood grain made extraordinary fineness of detail possible, a "foretaste" of what was to become - i.e. in Mannerism and Baroque - a very specifically German artistic genre.
The depictions thematise the Ten Commandments in a main and a secondary scene.
Location: Munich, Bavarian National Museum, inv. no. MA 1898 - MA 1903
Design: Stoss, Umkreis
Realization: Stoss, Umkreis
Material: Pear wood
photo 2021, Pablo de la Riestra
The Ten Commandments
1524
The fifth commandment: Thou shalt not kill, top left the seventh commandment: Thou shalt not steal /Diagonal view
These are six reliefs made of pear wood, stylistically between late Gothic and early Renaissance.
The very homogeneous wood grain made extraordinary fineness of detail possible, a "foretaste" of what was to become - i.e. in Mannerism and Baroque - a very specifically German artistic genre.
The depictions thematise the Ten Commandments in a main and a secondary scene.
Location: Munich, Bavarian National Museum, inv. no. MA 1898 - MA 1903
Design: Stoss, Umkreis
Realization: Stoss, Umkreis
Material: Pear wood
photo 2021, Pablo de la Riestra
The Ten Commandments
1524
The fifth commandment: Thou shalt not kill, top left the seventh commandment: Thou shalt not steal. Detail: The murderer
These are six reliefs made of pear wood, stylistically between late Gothic and early Renaissance.
The very homogeneous wood grain made extraordinary fineness of detail possible, a "foretaste" of what was to become - i.e. in Mannerism and Baroque - a very specifically German artistic genre.
The depictions thematise the Ten Commandments in a main and a secondary scene.
Location: Munich, Bavarian National Museum, inv. no. MA 1898 - MA 1903
Design: Stoss, Umkreis
Realization: Stoss, Umkreis
Material: Pear wood
photo 2021, Pablo de la Riestra
The Ten Commandments
1524
The sixth commandment: Thou shalt not commit adultery. / The eighth commandment at the top right: You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.
These are six reliefs made of pear wood, stylistically between late Gothic and early Renaissance.
The very homogeneous wood grain made extraordinary fineness of detail possible, a "foretaste" of what was to become - i.e. in Mannerism and Baroque - a very specifically German artistic genre.
The depictions thematise the Ten Commandments in a main and a secondary scene.
Location: Munich, Bavarian National Museum, inv. no. MA 1898 - MA 1903
Design: Stoss, Umkreis
Realization: Stoss, Umkreis
Material: Pear wood
photo 2021, Pablo de la Riestra
The Ten Commandments
1524
The ninth commandment: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house. The tenth commandment: You shall not covet your neighbour's wife, servant, maid, cattle, or anything else your neighbour has.
These are six reliefs made of pear wood, stylistically between late Gothic and early Renaissance.
The very homogeneous wood grain made extraordinary fineness of detail possible, a "foretaste" of what was to become - i.e. in Mannerism and Baroque - a very specifically German artistic genre.
The depictions thematise the Ten Commandments in a main and a secondary scene.
Location: Munich, Bavarian National Museum, inv. no. MA 1898 - MA 1903
Design: Stoss, Umkreis
Realization: Stoss, Umkreis
Material: Pear wood
photo 2021, Pablo de la Riestra
