This work consists of multiple parts

Master of the Pfullendorf Altar, Bartholomäus Zeitblom; workshop ? The Annunciation
Master of the Pfullendorf Altar, Bartholomäus Zeitblom; workshop ? The Visitation
Master of the Pfullendorf Altar, Bartholomäus Zeitblom; workshop ? The Nativity
Master of the Pfullendorf Altar, Bartholomäus Zeitblom; workshop ? The Death of the Virgin

Related external works: Part

Meister des Pfullendorfer Altars: Die Geburt der Maria, um 1500, Mischtechnik auf Fichtenholz, 102,8 x 71 cm, Inv.-Nr. 1703, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Meister des Pfullendorfer Altars: Tempelgang Mariens, um 1500, Mischtechnik auf Fichtenholz, 103,2 x 71 cm, Inv.-Nr. 1704, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Meister des Pfullendorfer Altars: Die Verlobung der Maria, um 1500, Mischtechnik auf Fichtenholz, 103,3 x 71,5 cm, Inv.-Nr. 3389, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Meister des Pfullendorfer Altars: Die Begegnung von Joachim und Anna an der Goldenen Pforte, um 1500, Mischtechnik auf Fichtenholz, 101 x 70 cm, Inv-Nr. 3388, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Meister des Pfullendorfer Altars: Acht Brustbilder von Propheten, um 1500, Äl auf Fichtenholz, 39 x 26 cm, Inv.-Nr. L 28, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Master of the Pfullendorf Altar
Bartholomäus Zeitblom workshop ?

Pfullendorf Altarpiece: Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Death of the Virgin, ca. 1497 – 1503

Gesamtmaß: 113.8 x 329.6 x 6.8 cm

Physical Description: Mixed technique on fir

Inventory Number: SG 453-456

Acquisition: Acquired in 1928

Status: On display, 2nd upper level, Old Masters, room 4

Texts

About the Work

The Städel owns four panels of the work which gave this anonymous master his name; the others are in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. In closed condition, the large, winged altarpiece showed scenes of Christ’s Passion, and after its first opening, images from the life of the Virgin, among them the Frankfurt panels. The second opening revealed the sculpture shrine. The luminous colours and the dramatic depths of the perspectivally rendered space were typical of painting in Ulm around 1500. The same applies to the elongated figures with their somewhat stereotypical faces.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: Pfullendorf Altarpiece: Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Death of the Virgin

Painter

Master of the Pfullendorf Altar
Bartholomäus Zeitblom workshop ?

Parts: The Annunciation; The Visitation; The Nativity; The Death of the Virgin

Production Place

Period Produced

School

Late Middle Ages

Object Type

painting (artwork)

Physical Description: Mixed technique on fir

Material

Technique

mixed technique

Property and Acquisition

Institution

Städel Museum

Departement

Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

Städtische Galerie

Creditline: Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright: Public Domain

Acquisition: Acquired in 1928

Work Content

Motifs and References

Genre

Persons Shown

Illustrated Passage

siehe Einzeldarstellung

Iconclass

Primary

73A523(+13) the Annunciation: Mary kneeling (+ Holy Ghost (as dove))
11G184 the Archangel Gabriel
73A623 Mary and Elisabeth shaking hands
73B23 adoration of the Christ-child by Mary and Joseph
73B281 the ox and the ass at the manger ~ Christ's birth
73B14 annunciation of Christ's birth to the shepherds (and/or shepherdesses) at night; a host of singing angels in the air
73E73 Mary receives her last communion from John the Evangelist or from Christ
11H(PETER) the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara
73E79 coronation of Mary in heaven (usually the Holy Trinity present)