Passion retable (St. Katharina, Schwäbisch Hall)

In the choir of the Church of St. Katharina in Schwäbisch Hall there is a late Gothic altarpiece depicting scenes from the Passion of Christ , an imported piece from the Netherlands.

The shrine and the sculptures were made before 1449 in the workshop of Willem Ards in Leuven , the paintings of the wings before 1450–51 in Leuven. The predella was added later. The altar was restored in 1858 by Groß and in 1900 by B. Schmidt.

description

Upper doors

Ecclesia and the synagogue can be seen on the upper doors in the middle field when they are open . The upper doors in the middle show Barbara and Maria Magdalena when they are closed .

• Inside / outside of the upper doors
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  Ecclesia

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  synagogue

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  Magdalena

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  Barbara

Double wing

On the inside of the left double wing are the entry into Jerusalem and capture, on the right the Ascension of Christ and the pouring out of the Holy Spirit . On the outside of the right double wing are Catherine and John the Evangelist , on the left double wing John the Baptist and Mary.

• Inside of the double wing
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  Double wing left, entry into Jerusalem

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  Left double wing, Judas kiss, betrayal and capture

Figurine shrine

In the lower middle section of the shrine there are five fully sculpted carved reliefs: crowning of thorns , carrying the cross , crucifixion , entombment and resurrection . Below is a panel of delicate openwork tracery, above a canopy with delicate latticework and a frieze with openwork tracery.

Predella

The predella shows the half-length portrait of Christ as Salvator Mundi painted on a blue background in the middle between Maria, Katharina, Barbara, Vitus, Erasmus and Sebastian. The busts are framed by pointed arches. On the back, on the shrine, Moses and the Brazen Serpent and on the relay, two angels with instruments of suffering are painted in grisaille .

• Predella
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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. 103-104 ( archive.org ).
• Wolfgang Deutsch: The high altar of the Haller Katharinenkirche, history and origin. In: Württembergisch Franken 1985, pp. 127–220.
• Wolfgang Deutsch: The oldest Riedener altar . In: Uta Friederich-Keitel, Rainer Keitel (ed.): Rieden im Rosengarten 1290–1990. Rieden 1990, pp. 67-102.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Deutsch: The high altar of the Haller Katharinenkirche. History and origin. In: Württembergisch Franken 69, 1985, p. 163ff .; Evelyn Bertram-Neunzig: The grand piano retable on the high altar of St. Reinoldi Church in Dortmund. Investigations into its shape, iconography and origin. Dissertation, University of Cologne 2004, pp. 226–229 with literature ( full text ).