Saint Lawrence, ca. 1509 – 1510

Title

Saint Lawrence

Painter

• Mathis Gothart Nithart called Grünewald

Altar

Stationary Wings of the Heller Altarpiece with Sts. Lawrence and Cyriacus

Backside

Column (fragment, upper half); verso of HM 36

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Mixed technique on fir

Material

• fir

Technique

• mixed technique

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet unten rechts: ·MG·N· (MG monogrammiert; unteres Viertel ergänzt)

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten mittig auf der Sockelkante (vermutlich getreue Kopie der Inschrift auf dem Rahmen): · S · LAVRENCIVS ·

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• permanent loan

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Dauerleihgabe des Historischen Museums Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

On permanent loan from Historisches Museum Frankfurt am Main since 1922

Genre

• altarpiece
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• Saint Laurence
• man

Persons Shown

• Laurence (saint)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Master of Flémalle
• Jakob Heller

Associated Source

• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984

Primary

• 11H(LAURENCE) the martyr and deacon Laurence of Rome; possible attributes: book, censer, cross, dalmatic, gridiron, palm, purse (or cup with golden coins)

Secondary

• 48A9831 foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament