1510
Central shrine, detail, Christ with sleeping St. John
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
Comparison image: above, Volckamer Epitaph 1499 in St. Sebald / below, lower right corner of the central shrine
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
Left wing: St. Crispinian with shoe and shoemaker's knife
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
Left wing: St. Crispinian with shoe and shoemaker's knife, detail
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
Left wing: St. Crispinian with shoe and shoemaker's knife, detail
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
Left wing: St. Crispinian with shoe and shoemaker's knife, oblique view
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
bove: The brothers Crispinian and Crispinus / Below: John and his brother (?) from the central shrine
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
Predella
photo 2021, Theo Noll
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
1510
Predella / Luke with a winged ox (wings no longer present), Mark with the winged lion
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
Predella / Luke with a winged ox (tubular hole for the wing on the back)
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
Predella / Luke with a winged ox (tubular hole for the lost wing)
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
Predella / John with the eagle and Matthew with the angel
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
Right predella end, coat of arms with the beer ladles (the coat of arms on the left, probably the Hohenzollern coat of arms, has been lost)
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2021, Theo Noll
1510
Closed altarpiece, detail with Johannes Linck (last Catholic parish priest of Schwabach until June 1524)
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
1510
Closed altarpiece, right shrine wing, detail of the landscape painting
The two sons of a wealthy, respected Roman family, Crispin and his brother Crispinian, were shoemakers and were martyred. They are the patron saints of shoemakers and tanners.
Location: Schwabach, St. Martin
photo 2022, Theo Noll
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