around 1520 1525
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
The Rich Man, oblique view
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
The Rich Man, frontal view
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
The Rich Man, head profile
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
The Rich Man, torso
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
Judge, frontal view, scales in his left hand and staff in his right hand, now missing.
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
Judge, oblique view
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
Judge, profile
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
Judge, oblique view of the bust
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
The Poor Man with the Angel, oblique view
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
The Poor Man with the Angel, front view
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
The Poor Man with the Angel, front view, detail
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: Nuremberg, City Museum in the Fembo House
Material: Wood
photo 2010, Pablo de la Riestra
around 1520 1525
Illustration of the council chamber on the west wall from: Nuremberg described by Friedrich Kriegbaum, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1944. The copy of the panel of judges located above the door was destroyed by fire in 1945, with the exception of the figure of t
Attributed to Hans Schwarz
The group consisted of five figures; the angel to the left of the judge is missing. In the center, the judge is seated on a griffin; to the right, a poor man with a pleading gesture; to the left, the rich man opening his hanging bag. This fully sculpted group represents a pinnacle of early 16th-century German woodcarving. The already mature Renaissance style, however, is inextricably linked to the dynamic pre-Baroque tendencies of South German Late Gothic. The group formerly stood above the door of the council chamber built by Hans Behaim.
Dr. Pablo de la Riestra
Location: private
Material: Wood
scan 2024, Theo Noll
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