Michael's Altar (St. Michael, Schwäbisch Hall)
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The Michael altar in St. Michael in Schwäbisch Hall is a late Gothic carved altar.
description
The altarpiece is now in the sacristy, but used to be in the middle (eastern) choir chapel and dates from 1520. In the shrine is a carved group of figures of St. Michael in golden armor, who holds the sword over the dragon. The insides of the wings show half-reliefs, so top left: Mercy for the poor and the suffering , bottom left: the rich man and poor Lazarus . Upper right: the Last Judgment , lower right: Hell . The work comes from the workshop of Hans Beuscher . The predella shows the Last Supper .
literature
- Eugen Gradmann : The art and antiquity monuments of the city and the Oberamt Schwäbisch-Hall . Paul Neff Verlag, Esslingen a. N. 1907, OCLC 31518382 , pp. 28 ( archive.org ).