Master of the Peringsdörfer Altarpiece

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A late Gothic painter from Nuremberg, whose name is not known for certain, is referred to as the master of the Peringsdörfer altar . He received his emergency name after the pictures he created around 1485 to 1488 for the Nuremberg Augustinian Hermit Church for a Passion altar. This wall altar is named after its donors Sebald Peringsdörfer (d. 1498) and his wife.

Work by or from the school of Michael Wolgemut

The master of the Peringsdörfer altar comes at least from the school of Michael Wolgemut , the pictures of the Peringsdörfer altar are also seen as the work of Wolgemut himself. The style shows an influence of contemporary Dutch painting and the emergence of a new painting direction in Nuremberg.

History of the altar

Originally donated for a chapel in the Augustinian Church in Sebald's old town, consecrated in 1486, the Peringsdörfer Altar was moved to the Church of the Holy Cross after the monastery was dissolved in 1564. After its destruction in World War II, the altar was placed in the Friedenskirche (Nuremberg) .

The pictures of the Peringsdörfer altar

  • Birth of Mary and temple passage
  • Annunciation of Mary
  • Nativity with Adoration of the Shepherds
  • Adoration of the Magi
  • Presentation in the temple

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. on this W. v. Seidlitz .:  Wolgemut, Michael . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 55, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1910, pp. 118-122.
  2. ↑ cf. see S. Lüken: The Annunciation to Maria in the 15th and early 16th centuries . Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2000, p. 180
  3. ↑ sop z. BH Brinkmöller-Gandlau: WOLGEMUT, Michael. In: BBKL Herzberg 1998 Volume XIV (1998) columns 41-43
  4. ↑ cf. see S. Lüken: The Annunciation to Maria in the 15th and early 16th centuries . Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2000, p. 180
  5. ↑ cf. E. Pfeiffer: The Augustinian high altar and four other Nuremberg altars from the late 15th century . In: Mitteilungen des Verein für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, Vol. 52 (1963/64) pp. 305–398
personal data
SURNAME Master of the Peringsdörfer Altarpiece
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 15th century