around 1485/ 1490
General view from the left with the shrine open
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Restorer sitting on the mensa illustrates the size relationship to the figures of the altar.
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo Aug 2021, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
General view from the right with opened shrine
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Shrine with Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent with book, St. Catherine with wheel and St. Helena with the cross (here view slightly obscured by pillars)
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Canopies
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent and Catherine
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
St. Catherine
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Garment folds of the shrine figures, detail
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
St. Helena, detail
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Figure pedestals
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Inside left wing: mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child in the midst of the 14 helpers, whereby Catherine is also one of the helpers.
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Left inside of the wing above: Landscape with Franconian castle
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Above left: St.Erasmus with the wind as a martyr's attribute, St.Dionysius with his head in his hands, St.Nicholas with three golden balls; middle and right: St.Catherine with sword, St.Barbara with chalice, Mary with infant Jesus, St.Margaretha with drag
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Left wing inside, middle picture field: on the left St. Vitus with the facial features of the founder Levinus Memminger (see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger by Michael Wolgemut), above St. Christopher with the infant Jesus on his shoulder.
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Comparison: Portrait of Levinus Memminger c. 1485, Madrid Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection with depiction of St. Vitus on the left wing inner side
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Left wing inside: detail with the robe of Mary and the heads of the helpers, below St. Anthony of Padua with magnifying glass
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Left wing inside, lower third of the picture with St. George and the dragon, St. Eustachius with crucifix in stag antlers, St. Ägidius with hind, St. Pantaleon with nail and St. Achatius with lance
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Right inside of the wing: St. Helena's cross trial and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Right wing inside top: Gothic city
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
: The emperor brings the cross back to the city through a gate
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Right wing inside: a resurrected dead man confirms the authenticity of the cross
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Right wing inside: detail with strawberry plants, shovel and the lower part of the resurrected dead man
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Pair of wings, outside
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Left wing, outside
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Left wing, outside, wheel miracle
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Left wing: Beheading of St. Catherine
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Right wing, outside: Martyrdom of St. Levinus
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Right wing, outside: upper half of the picture with Franconian landscape
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Right wing, outside: upper half of the picture with Franconian landscape, detail with castle
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Right wing, outside, at the right edge: Levinus had his tongue cut out
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
around 1485/ 1490
Right wing, outside: Beheading of St. Levinus
Foundation of Levinus Memminger († 1493).
Even the choice of the altar that Memminger donated was purposeful, as the title saint Catherine was the patron saint of his wife. The carved figure of the saint appears in the shrine accompanied by Memminger's own patron saint, Bishop Levinus [Livinus] of Ghent, as well as St. Helena, who was the godfather in the naming of a daughter of the couple.
On the inside of the wings, on the left, the mystical marriage of Catherine with the Christ child is depicted in the midst of the 14 helpers in need (in a selection not yet canonised), on the right, the trial of the cross by St. Helena and the return of the True Cross to Jerusalem by Emperor Heraclius.
When closed, the beheading and wheel miracle of St Catherine follow on the left, and on the right the martyrdom of St Levinus, who, according to legend, had his tongue cut out before his execution.
The iconography is thus entirely focused on the personal patrons of the founder's family. (...)
Benno Baumbauer / Sarah Fetzer / 2019
The image carver is not known by name.
see also: Portrait of Levinus Memminger
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church
Design: Wolgemut, Michael
Realization: Wolgemut, Werkstatt
Material: Wood, painting on wood
photo 2019, Theo Noll
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