The Mass of St Gregory, ca. 1505

Title

The Mass of St Gregory

Painter

• Master of the Morrison Triptych

Verso

St Barbara

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Oil on oak wood

Material

• oak wood

Technique

• oil

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Unbezeichnet

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1817 with the Sophia Franziska de Neufville-Gontard collection

Genre

• altarpiece
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• Gregory I
• Jesus Christ
• man
• group of people
• interior space

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Gregory I
• Peter (apostle)
• Judas Iscariot (apostle)
• Herod I (king of Judea)
• Pontius Pilate
• Caiaphas
• George (saint)
• John the Baptist (prophet)

Associated Source

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 26,69-75
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 14, 66-72
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 22,56-62
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 18,16-27

Primary

• 11H(GREGORY)0 pope Gregory the Great; possible attributes: dove, emperor Trajan - male saint represented in a group
• 11H(GREGORY)51 the mass of St. Gregory the Great: Christ appears above the altar with the instruments of the Passion; maybe blood spouts from Christ's side

Secondary

• 11Q713 interior of church