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Relief of Saint Lawrence Presenting the Poor

ca. 1490
Not on view
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

Object Information
  • 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 with paint and gilding
  • 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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