Relief of Saint Lawrence Presenting the Poor
St. Lawrence is portrayed presenting the poor as the true wealth of the Church. This panel and another in Munich come from a large now-dismantled altarpiece dedicated to the saint. The anonymous master of this work is named after another altarpiece commissioned by the abbess Barbara Künigl for the convent church at Sonnenberg. He appears to have been a pupil of Michael Pacher, the leading Tirolean painter and sculptor of the period, and to have been active in Bruneck, in the South Tirol.
Artwork Details
- Title: Relief of Saint Lawrence Presenting the Poor
- Artist: Master of the Sonnenberg-Künigl Altar (Austrian, active late 15th century)
- Date: ca. 1490
- Geography: Made in Bruneck (now Italy, Trentino-Alto), South Tyrol, Austria
- Culture: Austrian
- Medium: White or stone pine, paint, gilt
- Dimensions: Overall: 26 1/2 x 24 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. (67.3 x 61.6 x 9.2 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture-Wood
- Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1955
- Object Number: 55.27
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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Michael Pacher
ca. 1470–80
Austrian
late 15th or early 16th century
Northern European
late 15th century
Austrian
15th–16th century
Austrian
15th–16th century
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