HERLIN, Friedrich
(b. 1430, Rothenburg, d. ca. 1500, Nördlingen)

High Altar

1466
Oil on panel, wooden sculptures
Stadtkirche St. Jakob, Rothenburg ob der Tauber

The Gothic church of St. Jacob is the most imposing in the medieval, German city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The construction of the Protestant-Lutheran town church was begun in 1311. The magnificent Twelve Apostles Altar in the east choir was created in 1466 on the foundation of the mayor Heinrich Toppler (died in 1408). The altar paintings are from the Nördlinger painter Friedrich Herlin. The scenes on the wings depict stories from the life of the Virgin.




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