In its innermost view, a gilded backdrop tops the center section, featuring a sculpture of a hat-wearing Jerome on the right and Augustine in bishop's attire on the left.
In its innermost view, a gilded backdrop tops the center section, featuring a sculpture of a hat-wearing Jerome on the right and Augustine in bishop's attire on the left. The left panel shows two aged saints meeting in a forest, while the right panel shows demons tormenting the central saint, as well as a pockmarked man suffering from ergot. The second view has an Annunciation scene on the left panel, a Concert of Angels and Nativity in the center, and the image of a glowing apparition of Christ rising on the right panel's Resurrection scene. Nikolaus Hagenauer executed the sculptural work for this altarpiece, dedicated for the hospital chapel at St. Anthony's monastery. FTP, identify this German altarpiece whose closed view depicts an epic crucifixion scene, painted by Matthias Grunewald.
In its innermost view, a gilded backdrop tops the center section, featuring a sculpture of a hat-wearing Jerome on the right and Augustine in bishop's attire on the left.
{Isenheim} Altarpiece