Small winged altar with crucifixion group
Umkreis/Around Caspar von Friesach (1519-1526 nachgewiesen/documented)
Predella 29.00 cm
Base plate 96.00 cm
Top part 13.00 cm
Sheet size 84.00 x 55.00 x 21.70 cm
There is no written documentation attributing the altar to Caspar von Friesach or his circle, but there are stylistic comparisons. The painting is related to that attributed to Friesach on the predella from the former parish church of Gmünd, now part of the St James altar from the parish church of St James the Elder in Tiffen (Carinthian Landesmuseum, inv. no. K 72, inv. no. K 88).
The small altar may originally have been intended for the chapel of Mauterndorf Castle. On the shrine, against a painted background, is Christ on the Cross, flanked by Mary and John. The inner sides of the wings show Erasmus(?) top left, John the Evangelist below, Dyonisius top right and John the Baptist below. In the same order on the exterior are Benedict(?), Bartholomew, Peter and Andrew. On the predella from left to right: Magdalene, Catherine, Mary with Child, Barbara and Ursula.
Habersatter Thomas: Caspar von Friesach, circle, Small winged altar with crucifixion group, in: Ducke Astrid, Habersatter Thomas (Hrsg./Edi.): von | from 0 auf | to 100. Residenzgalerie Salzburg 1923-2023. Salzburg 2023, S./p. 304-305