Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
Artist: Master of the Schwabach Altarpiece
On display
This impressive painting on limewood with a gold background emulates the style of Nuremberg’s most famous artist, Albrecht Dürer. The main figure group is in fact based on a woodcut print by Dürer of about 1504. The picture was commissioned by a rich Nuremberg family, Michael Lochner von Huttenbach, his wife Catharina von Plauen and their two children, who can be seen as diminutive figures at the bottom of the panel.
Details
- Artist
- Master of the Schwabach Altarpiece
- Title
- Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
- Date
- 1506
- Medium
- Oil and gold on limewood panel
- Dimensions
- 149.5 x 119 cm
- Reference
- CVCSC:0268.N
- Collection
- Northern European