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High Altar (Schwabach)

High Altar (Schwabach) Total view of the 15 m high altar

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Total view of the 15 m high altar


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Main part with predella, shrine and wings

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Main part with predella, shrine and wings


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Central shrine

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Central shrine


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Central Canopy of the shrine

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Central Canopy of the shrine


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Main figures

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Main figures


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) John Baptist, Christ and Mary

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

John Baptist, Christ and Mary


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) John Baptist, Christ and Mary, lateral view

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

John Baptist, Christ and Mary, lateral view


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) John Baptist, detail

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

John Baptist, detail


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) John Baptist, gospel and lamb

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

John Baptist, gospel and lamb


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Detail of the drapery and trimming of the cloak of Christ

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Detail of the drapery and trimming of the cloak of Christ


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Detail of the coronation of Mary

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Detail of the coronation of Mary


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Upper body of Christ crowning Mary

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Upper body of Christ crowning Mary


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Heads of Christ and Mary

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Heads of Christ and Mary


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Detail of Mary

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Detail of Mary


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Detail of Christ´s clothes and ear-shaped fold of the cloak of Mary

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Detail of Christ´s clothes and ear-shaped fold of the cloak of Mary


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Head of Mary

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Head of Mary


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Mary with St. Martin

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Mary with St. Martin


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Bust of St. Martin

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Bust of St. Martin


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Beggar

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Beggar


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Beggar, detail

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Beggar, detail


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Left wing: top, Christ´s birth

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Left wing: top, Christ´s birth


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Left wing: top, Christ´s birth, detail

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Left wing: top, Christ´s birth, detail


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Left wing: top, Christ´s birth, detail

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Left wing: top, Christ´s birth, detail


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Left wing, bottom, Pentecostal miracle

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Left wing, bottom, Pentecostal miracle


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Left wing, bottom, Pentecostal miracle, detail

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Left wing, bottom, Pentecostal miracle, detail


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Left wing, bottom, Pentecostal miracle, Mary between John and Peter

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Left wing, bottom, Pentecostal miracle, Mary between John and Peter


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Right wing, top, resurrection

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Right wing, top, resurrection


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Right wing, top, resurrection, detail

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Right wing, top, resurrection, detail


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Right wing, top, resurrection, drapery

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Right wing, top, resurrection, drapery


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Right wing, bottom, dormition of Mary

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Right wing, bottom, dormition of Mary


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Right wing, bottom, dormition of Mary, detail

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Right wing, bottom, dormition of Mary, detail


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Right wing, bottom, dormition of Mary, detail, diagonal view

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Right wing, bottom, dormition of Mary, detail, diagonal view


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Right wing, bottom, dormition of Mary, detail, diagonal view

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Right wing, bottom, dormition of Mary, detail, diagonal view


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Right wing, bottom, dormition of Mary, detail with drapery

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Right wing, bottom, dormition of Mary, detail with drapery


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Pinnacle decoration

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Pinnacle decoration


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Pinnacle decoration, from below

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Pinnacle decoration, from below


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Pinnacle decoration with Judge of the world and assistants

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Pinnacle decoration with Judge of the world and assistants


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Pinnacle decoration with trumpet angel

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Pinnacle decoration with trumpet angel


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Gesprenge, Maria

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Gesprenge, Maria


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Pinnacle decoration, condemned man on the day of doom

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Pinnacle decoration, condemned man on the day of doom


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Pinnacle decoration, judge of the world

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Pinnacle decoration, judge of the world


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Pinnacle decoration, vaulted canopy

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Pinnacle decoration, vaulted canopy


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Pinnacle decoration, blessed man and desperate man on the day of doom

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Pinnacle decoration, blessed man and desperate man on the day of doom


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Pinnacle decoration, John Baptist

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Pinnacle decoration, John Baptist


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Pinnacle decoration, right trumpet angel on the day of doom

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Pinnacle decoration, right trumpet angel on the day of doom


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Predella with wings, painting from the workshop of Wolgemut

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Predella with wings, painting from the workshop of Wolgemut


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Predella, Last Supper

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Predella, Last Supper


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Predella, Last Supper with Apostles on the left

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Predella, Last Supper with Apostles on the left


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Left Predella wing with John Baptist and St. Martin of Tours from the workshop of Wolgemut

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Left Predella wing with John Baptist and St. Martin of Tours from the workshop of Wolgemut


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

High Altar (Schwabach) Right predella wing, St. Anne with the Virgin and Child, St. Elisabeth of Thuringia from the workshop of Wolgemut

High Altar (Schwabach)

1503 1506

Right predella wing, St. Anne with the Virgin and Child, St. Elisabeth of Thuringia from the workshop of Wolgemut


The altar was probably commissioned in 1503. After the Master had been hot-branded on 4th December of that year his workshop was liquidated. So the figures are not a work of a workshop but of “a sculptor, obviously a master´s and not an assistant´s, whose style was immerdiately formed by Veit Stoss in the time around 1500…” Alfred Schädler 1981.

Location: Schwabach, Parish Church St. Martin´s

Design: Stoss, Veit, Wolgemut, Werkstatt

Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt

photo 2017, Theo Noll

Werkstatt
Wolgemut

Further works

Imperial window
Imperial window
Peter´s Altar
Peter´s Altar
Ascension of Christ
Ascension of Christ
Man of Sorrows between Saints Philip and James Minor
Man of Sorrows between Saints Philip and James Minor
St Catherine's reredos of Levinus Memminger
St Catherine's reredos of Levinus Memminger
Crucifixion of Christ
Crucifixion of Christ
Cross altar
Cross altar
Epiphany altar
Epiphany altar
High Altar (Schwabach)
High Altar (Schwabach)
High altar / Schwabach / first conversion
High altar / Schwabach / first conversion
High Altar / Schwabach / Second Conversion
High Altar / Schwabach / Second Conversion
Altar in Beerbach
Altar in Beerbach

Veit
Stoss

Further works

Epitaph of Veit Stoss and his heirs
Epitaph of Veit Stoss and his heirs
Master mark of Veit Stoss
Master mark of Veit Stoss
Archangel Michael
Archangel Michael
Altar of Mary
Altar of Mary
Madonna with a pomegranate
Madonna with a pomegranate
Altar of Mary (Salzburg)
Altar of Mary (Salzburg)
Volckamer Memorial Foundation, relief plates
Volckamer Memorial Foundation, relief plates
Volckamer Memorial Foundation, Man of Sorrows
Volckamer Memorial Foundation, Man of Sorrows
Volckamer Memorial Foundation, Mother of Sorrows
Volckamer Memorial Foundation, Mother of Sorrows
Crucifixus
Crucifixus
High Altar (Schwabach)
High Altar (Schwabach)
St. Anne with the Virgin and Child
St. Anne with the Virgin and Child
St. Anne with the Virgin and Child, Vienna
St. Anne with the Virgin and Child, Vienna
Assistant figure
Assistant figure
Assistant figures
Assistant figures
St. Andrew
St. Andrew
Crucifixus
Crucifixus
St. Rochus
St. Rochus
Angelic Salutation
Angelic Salutation
Crucifixus
Crucifixus
Crucifixus
Crucifixus
Resurrection of Lazarus
Resurrection of Lazarus
St. Stephanus
St. Stephanus
St. Laurentius
St. Laurentius
Mary, Christ, John
Mary, Christ, John
Child Christ
Child Christ
Main Altar by Paul of Leutschau
Main Altar by Paul of Leutschau

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