around 1455
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
Christ as judge of the world
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
Christ as judge of the world
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
around 1455
Die Darstellungen der Bischöfe Konrad (Namenspatron des Stifters) und Wolfgang rahmen die Mitteltafel mit der Auferstehung Christi
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
Bishop Konrad
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
The Risen One
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
The Risen One, detail
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
Central panel, detail, guard with a "Welschen bonnet" and Jesus' robe
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
guard at the grave on the left, detail of Wolfgang's robe on the right
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
sleeping guard on the right edge of the central panel
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
sleeping guard in the lower left corner of the central panel
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nürnberg, St. Lorenz, Seitenkapelle nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
right lower corner of the central panel
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
left a guard of the resurrection scene, right Bishop Wolfgang
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
opened predella
photo 2022, Theo Noll
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
around 1455
Noli me tangere / "Do not touch me" / These words were spoken by Jesus to Mary Magdalene when he met her in the garden after Easter
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
Entombment of Christ
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
An angel announces the resurrection of Jesus to the three Marys. To the right of the angel on the gold background is the word surrexit = he has risen
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2018, Theo Noll
around 1455
Passion side
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
around 1455
Closed shrine with images of St. Levinius and St. Erhardus
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
around 1455
St. Levinius and St. Erhardus, upper bodies
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
around 1455
St. Levinus, upper body
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
around 1455
St. Levinus, lower quarter of the picture
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
around 1455
St. Erhardus, lower quarter of the picture
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
around 1455
closed predella
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
around 1455
closed predella
photo 2022, Theo Noll
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
around 1455
Christopherus and Konrad
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
around 1455
Wolfgang and Eustachius
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
around 1455
Eustachius, Detail
Master of the Wolfgang Altar (Valentin Wolgemut?) "In the 15th century, artists' workshops appeared in Nuremberg and the surrounding area to which personalities whose names are difficult to identify. The assignment of emergency names is therefore the rule rather than the exception. One of these artists has entered art history research through Thode as the "Master of the Wolfgang Altar". The foundation of the Wolfgang Altar in St. Lorenz (also called the Erhard Altar in some sources) along with the retable that gives it its name goes back to the Nuremberg citizen Konrad Kessler [...]. The benefice financed by Kessler was donated posthumously by his executors for the newly founded altar on May 2, 1455." Sarah Fetzer quoted from: "Michael Wolgemut / More than Dürer's teacher / Schnell & Steiner 2020 The founder Konrad Keßler died before July 21, 1453, on this day his executor, the bell founder Conrad Gnotzhamer, is named (Sigrid Thurm: Deutscher Glockenatlas, Vol. 3: Mittelfranken, Munich 1973, p. 89)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz, side chapel nVIII
Design: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
Realization: Meister des Wolfgangaltars, Master of the Wolfgang Altar, Wolgemut, Valentin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
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