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Wolfgang Altar

Wolfgang Altar

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar Christ as judge of the world

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar Christ as judge of the world

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar Die Darstellungen der Bischöfe Konrad (Namenspatron des Stifters) und Wolfgang rahmen die Mitteltafel mit der Auferstehung Christi

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar Bishop Konrad

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar The Risen One

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar The Risen One, detail

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar Central panel, detail, guard with a "Welschen bonnet" and Jesus' robe

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar guard at the grave on the left, detail of Wolfgang's robe on the right

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar sleeping guard on the right edge of the central panel

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar sleeping guard in the lower left corner of the central panel

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar right lower corner of the central panel

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar left a guard of the resurrection scene, right Bishop Wolfgang

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar opened predella

Wolfgang Altar

Info

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

Wolfgang Altar 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

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar Entombment of Christ

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar 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

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar Passion side

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar Closed shrine with images of St. Levinius and St. Erhardus

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar St. Levinius and St. Erhardus, upper bodies

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar St. Levinus, upper body

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar St. Levinus, lower quarter of the picture

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar St. Erhardus, lower quarter of the picture

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar closed predella

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar closed predella

Wolfgang Altar

Info

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

Wolfgang Altar Christopherus and Konrad

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar Wolfgang and Eustachius

Wolfgang Altar

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

Wolfgang Altar Eustachius, Detail

Wolfgang Altar

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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