1360 to 1370
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
upper altarpiece with gables
photo 2018, Theo Noll
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
1360 to 1370
Altar piece
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Altar piece, central part, Man of Sorrows (around 1429/30)
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Altar piece, central part, Man of Sorrows (around 1429/30)
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Altar piece, central part, Man of Sorrows (around 1429/30)
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
left altar wing: above, Bartholomew, Andrew, and Simon among four prophets; below, the Annunciation in the first three panels, the Coronation of the Virgin in the two right p
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
left altarpiece wing, upper register of figures with two gables, the apostles Bartholomew, Andrew, and Simon between four prophet
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
left altarpiece wing, upper register of figures with two gables, the apostles Bartholomew, Andrew, and Simon between four prophets
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Central altar piece and right wing
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
right wing, above, the apostles Thaddeus, Philip, and Matthew among four prophets; below, the Risen Christ and the three Marys at the tomb.
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nürnberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Right wing, upper register of figures, detail view
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nürnberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Right wing, lower half with the Risen Christ and the three Marys at the empty tomb
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nürnberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Figures of the predella, four apostles (the first, John the Baptist, made of linden wood, the three on the right made of red clay)
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Predella, John the Baptist (made of linden wood), detail view
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Predella, John the Baptist (made of linden wood), detail view
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2019, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
"Older Apostle" (made of red clay)
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
"Older Apostle" (made of red clay), detail view
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2019, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
"Older Apostle" (made of red clay), detail view
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2019, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Judas Thaddeus (made of red clay),
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Judas Thaddeus (made of red clay), detail view
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2019, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Judas Thaddeus (made of red clay), detail view
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob Figuren der Predella, vier Apostel (der erste, Johannes der Täufer aus Lindenholz, die drei rechten aus rotem Ton gefertigt) Predella, Johannes der Täufer (aus Lindenholz gefertigt), Detailansicht "Älterer Apostel" (aus rotem Ton gefe
photo 2019, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
"Youthful Apostle" (made of red clay)
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2019, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
"Youthful Apostle" (made of red clay), detail view
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2018, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
"Youthful Apostle" (made of red clay), detail view
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2019, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Altar with closed wings
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Left wing with the Adoration of the Magi / Right wing with the Crucifixion
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Left outer wing, detail view of the first gable with the Annunciation to the Shepherds
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Left outer wing, detail view of the second gable
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Left outer wing, Adoration of the Magi, detail view
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Left outer wing, Adoration of the Magi, detail view
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Left outer wing, Adoration of the Magi, detail view with Mary and the Christ Child with a bird
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Left outer wing, Adoration of the Magi, detail view: king with a falcon
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
linker Außenflügel, Anbetung der Heiligen Drei Könige, Detailansicht
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nürnberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Right outer wing, detail view of the two gable ends
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Right outer wing, detail view of the first gable
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Right outer wing, detail view showing the Crucifixion scene
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Right outer wing, detail view showing Mary, pierced by the sword of sorrow and collapsing unconscious.
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Right outer wing, detail view of the Crucifixion scene with John and the patron saint of the church, James the Greater
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
1360 to 1370
Right outer wing, detail view with the Crucifixion scene and the donors of the altar in their religious habits
Donated by two unidentified Teutonic Knights. ... "The altarpiece has survived the ages in its original location, but underwent alterations in the late 17th century, some of which have since been partially reversed. The central panel was lost. Its general arrangement is based on the scheme of winged altarpieces from the first half of the 19th century. In two rows, one above the other, individual figures are painted in a varied Gothic decorative system. In the lower row, these figures are grouped thematically to depict the Annunciation and Coronation of the Virgin on the right, and the resurrected Christ with the three Marys at the empty tomb on the left. The apostles and prophets above each form groups of three within gables adorned with tracery. The outer panels, on a monumental scale rivaling that of murals, depict the beginning and end of Christ's earthly life, although the journey and adoration of the Magi on the left wing has been almost completely destroyed. (...)" Peter Strieder (Panel painting in Nuremberg, Königstein im Taunus, 1993) ______________________________________________
In the Three apostles, carved from red clay and painted in various colors, are enthroned on the predella of the high altar. They originated in a Nuremberg workshop around 1400 and were not brought to St. James' Church until 1824/25. They represent an "older apostle," Jude Thaddeus—both venerable, mature men with long beards—and a beardless, "youthful apostle." On the far left sits John the Baptist with the lamb, a figure carved from linden wood decades later. These clay sculptures, in the Soft Style, originally belonged to a Last Supper scene. Six of them have been in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum since 1882; three apostles and the figure of Christ were lost. The figures are slightly turned away from their frontal position, facing the missing Christ in the center. They are dressed in softly draped garments, the fabric of which models the individual body parts in different ways: sometimes smoothly, sometimes with lavish folds and richly articulated hems. .
Robert Leyh St. Jakob, Nuremberg, Schnell & Steiner, Art Guide No. 1699, Regensburg 2006
Location: Nuremberg, St. Jakob
photo 2016, Theo Noll
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