Flügel des Weltgerichtsaltares: Hll. Antonius, Papst Cornelius und Maria Magdalena mit einem Stifter,

bald nach 1435 (1440/50?)

Material / Technology / Carrier

Nussbaumholz

Dimensions of the object

120 x 80,6 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal IIa

Department

Altdeutsche Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

WAF 501

Acquisition

1827 aus der Sammlung Boisserée – seit 1923 Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Stefan Lochner, Flügel des Weltgerichtsaltares: Hll. Antonius, Papst Cornelius und Maria Magdalena mit einem Stifter, bald nach 1435 (1440/50?), Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Qm45Ra5xNo (Last updated on 22.07.2024)

These paintings were originally the wings of the ‘Last Judgement’ (Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne). The retable may possibly have been made for the altar of the St Catherine Brotherhood founded in 1435 in St Aposteln’s, to which the two kneeling donors belonged. In the early nineteenth century the panels were sawn into the corresponding number of apostle scenes (Städel, Frankfurt am Main). The fronts were divided from the reverse paintings and the saint series ultimately fitted together again. Thanks to the recently completed restoration the pictures have regained their high quality. The now black backgrounds originally included little blue clouds.