Master of the Schwabach Altarpiece Active 1505-1508
Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
Details
Artist
Master of the Schwabach Altarpiece Active 1505-1508
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
Status
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.
Master of the Schwabach Altarpiece Christ Taking Leave of His Mother 1506 © Compton Verney, photo by Jamie Woodley