instance of: painting / genre: religious art / location: Alte Pinakothek

commissioned by: William IV, Duke of Bavaria (1) | Paumgartner family (1)

owned by: St Laurentius Church (3) | Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1) | Ludwig I of Bavaria (1) | Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1) | Benediktbeuern Abbey (1) | Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds (1)

movement: Flemish Primitives (13) | Italian Renaissance (6) | German Renaissance (5) | High Renaissance (4) | Dutch Golden Age painting (4) | Venetian school (3) | Baroque (1) | mannerism (1)

based on: Saint George and the Dragon (3) | Madonna and Child (3) | Nativity of Jesus (1) | Golden Legend (1) | flight into Egypt (1) | Bride of Christ (1) | Madonna of humility (1) | The Holy Infants Embracing (1) | Susanna and the Elders (1) | Burial of Saint Catherine (1)

artist: anonymous (63) | Adriaen van der Werff (16) | Peter Paul Rubens (13) | Hans Rottenhammer (12) | Anthony van Dyck (11) | Lucas Cranach the Elder (9) | Jan Brueghel the Elder (9) | Christoph Schwarz (9) | Luca Giordano (8) | Michael Pacher (8) | Domenico Zanetti (8) | Albrecht Dürer (7) | Guido Reni (7) | Hans Burgkmair the Elder (7) | Palma il Giovane (7) | Paolo Veronese (6) | Titian (6) | Hans Memling (6)

depicts: Virgin Mary (33) | Jerome (31) | Mary Magdalena (31) | Child Jesus (28) | Saint Sebastian (26) | woman (21) | Catherine of Alexandria (20) | Jesus Christ (17) | boy (16) | John the Baptist (16) | mother (10) | Saint George (8) | man (7) | angel (7) | Lot (6) | Anthony the Great (6) | Lot's daughters (6) | Judith (6)

material used: oil paint (110) | wood (42) | panel (39) | canvas (21) | canvas (14) | tempera (12) | poplar wood (5) | copper (4) | oak (4) | gold (2) | color (1) | parchment (1) | lime (1) | fir wood (1) | beech wood (1) | pine (1)

collection: Bavarian State Painting Collections (668) | Städel Museum (1) | Wallraf–Richartz Museum (1) | private collection (1) | Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds (1) | Collection Boisserée (1)

part of: San Marco Altarpiece (4) | Columba Triptych (3) | Altarpiece of the Church Fathers (3) | Diptych of Munich (3) | Pala Tornabuoni Polyptych (2) | Seven panels with scenes from the Life of Christ (2) | St John the Baptist and Veronica Diptych (2) | Seven Sorrows Polyptych (1) | Jabach Altarpiece (1) | history cycle (1) | Passion (4 paintings to Descent from the Cross) (1) | Altarpiece of John the Evangelist (1) | Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece (1) | Laurentius-Altar (1) | Crucifix with Mary, Mary Magdalen and St John the Evangelist (1) | The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (1) | Sèrie L'Espoli de El Greco (1)

country of origin: Italy (2)

exhibition history: The Old Testament – Stories and Figures (7) | Florence and its Painters: From Giotto to Leonardo da Vinci (6) | Perugino – Raphael’s Master (1)

main subject: Madonna and Child (39) | lamentation of Christ (26) | Holy Family (25) | crucifixion of Jesus (20) | Ecce Homo (18) | martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (17) | Adoration of the Magi (15) | Adoration of the shepherds (12) | Agony in the Garden (12) | John the Baptist (10) | Jerome (9) | Nativity of Jesus (9) | entombment of Christ (9) | Annunciation (9) | flight into Egypt (9) | Christ carrying the cross (9) | Penitent Magdalene (8) | Descent from the Cross (8)

location of final assembly: Antwerp (1)

fabrication method: oil painting (1)