Marienleben: Heimsuchung Mariae und der Stifter Johann von Hirtz,

1470er/80er Jahre

Material / Technology / Carrier

Eichenholz

Dimensions of the object

85,7 x 110 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal I

Department

Altdeutsche Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

WAF 623

Acquisition

1827 aus der Sammlung Boisserée

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Meister des Marienlebens, Marienleben: Heimsuchung Mariae und der Stifter Johann von Hirtz, 1470er/80er Jahre, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ZKGPN3RxgA (Last updated on 28.08.2023)

The seven panels from St Mary’s Chapel in St Ursula’s in Cologne gave the master from Cologne his name of convenience. The unknown artist ran a highly productive workshop in Cologne that was esteemed for its stylistic proximity to Netherlandish art after Stefan Lochner’s death. An eighth panel is in the National Gallery in London. The genre-like ‘Nativity of Mary’ and the calm ‘Visitation’ scene, in which the donor, Johann von Hirtz (d. 1481), an alderman and mayor of Cologne several times, is depicted, are especially appealing.