Master of the Wurzacher Tafeln

Master of the Wurzacher Tafeln: Adoration of the Magi (Wurzach Passion Altar, right outer wing), Ulm, around 1437

As a master of Wurzacher panels is especially unsure known Swabian painter called, of the images of the 1437 completed Landsberger altarpiece , known Wurzacher altar painted. He worked in Ulm .

From the original altar only two wings, each with four depictions of the life of Mary and the passion of Christ, are preserved. The altar is signed twice by Hans Multscher , including one on the base with an inscription that identifies the altar as a work by hanssen muoltscheren vo (n) riche (n) hofe (n) burg (er) ze ulm . It is therefore assumed that Multscher planned the altar, created a contractually defined part of the carved figures of the now lost middle section and then instructed employees in his workshop in the further work and completion. It is further suggested that he even did the painting work.

The pictures on the altar are considered to be one of the most beautiful creations of old German painting of the 15th century. The question of whether Hans Multscher really was the painter of the panels, however, remains controversial.

The Wurzach panels are now in the Berlin Gemäldegalerie . They are:

• Four scenes from the life of Mary:
  • The birth of christ
  • The Adoration of the Magi
  • The outpouring of the Holy Spirit
  • The death of Mariae
• Four scenes from the Passion of Christ:
  • Christ's prayer on the Mount of Olives
  • Christ before Pilate
  • Carrying the Cross
  • The resurrection of Christ

literature

• Manfred Tripps:  Multscher, Hans. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 576 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Tobias Burg: The signature. Forms and functions from the Middle Ages to the 17th century (= art history. Volume 80.) Münster 2007, p.