Predella of the High Altarpiece of the Dominican Church in Frankfurt, 1501

Title

Predella of the High Altarpiece of the Dominican Church in Frankfurt

Painter

• Hans Holbein the Elder

Altar

High Altar of the Dominican Church in Frankfurt

Panel interior

The Entry into Jerusalem

The Cleansing of the Temple

Christ Washing St Peter's Feet

The Agony in the Garden

The Last Supper

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on spruce

Material

• spruce wood

Technique

• mixed technique

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• permanent loan

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Dauerleihgabe des Historischen Museums Frankfurt am Main und des Gesamtverbands der Katholischen Kirchengemeinden in Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

On permanent loan from the Historisches Museum Frankfurt since 1922, Last Supper on permanent loan from the General Association of the Catholic Church Community in Frankfurt am Main since 1964

Genre

• altarpiece
• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• the Passion
• force
• Jesus Christ
• Peter (apostle)
• Saint John the Evangelist
• James the Elder (apostle)
• Judas Iscariot (apostle)
• Twelve Apostles
• Jerusalem
• Mount of Olives
• Gethsemane
• man
• woman
• group of people
• animal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Peter (apostle)
• Judas Iscariot (apostle)
• Saint James the Greater
• John the Evangelist
• Twelve Apostles

Illustrated Passage

• siehe Einzeldarstellung

Primary

• 73D14 entry into Jerusalem: people spreading their clothes before Christ on the ass, and waving palm branches (Matthew 21:1-11, 21:14-16; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-40; John 12:12-19)
• 73D15 purification of the temple ('first' and 'second'): Christ driving the money-changers from the temple with a whip (Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-17; Luke 19:45-46; John 12:12-19)
• 73D231 Christ washes Peter's feet
• 73D312 Christ's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane during the night
• 73D31211 agony of Christ; three (or eleven) apostles sleeping
• 11I72(JUDAS ISCARIOT) Judas Iscariot (not in biblical context)
• 73D24 Last Supper (in general) (Matthew 26:21-35; Mark 14:18-31; Luke 22:3, 22:15-23; John 13:21-38)
• 73D242 Judas Iscariot is revealed as Christ's betrayer (communion of Judas)

Secondary

• 25I1461 city-gate
• 25G3 trees
• 46B31 money
• 41A711 table
• 11L211 the ten commandments represented together on stone tablets
• 34B131 bird in a cage
• 41A33 window
• 57AA6142 Betrayal
• 45B the soldier; the soldier's life
• 41C3 laid table: table-ware, table-decoration, etc.
• 41C322 mug, beaker, goblet
• 41C621 bread, loaf
• 41A7751 container made of plant material other than wood: basket