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The Burg Weiler Altarpiece (interior)

1470 · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

religious

The altarpiece was commissioned for the small chapel, adjacent to the castle of Burg Weiler, one of the seats of the Freiherren von und zu Weiler. The central panel of the three-part altarpiece shows the Virgin and Child standing on a crescent moon, flanked by saints, Apollonia and Barbara to the left and Catherine of Alexandria and Lawrence to the right. On the left interior wing are two local saints, Jodokus and Wendelin, on the right interior wing Sebastian and Maurice.

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The Burg Weiler Altarpiece (interior)

About the Artist

Master Of The Burg Weiler Altarpiece

German painter active in Swabia. He is named after the triptych originally from the castle chapel in Weiler, near Heilbronn, and now in the Cloisters collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. This artist was probably active in the northern reaches of Swabia, bordering Franconia, possibly with a workshop in Heilbronn.

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