1511, Albrecht Dürer, All Saints' Picture (Landauer Altar) -- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)
From the museum label: The Nuremberg merchant Matthäus Landauer founded the "Twelve Brothers' House" as a home for aged and destitute craftsmen. He commissioned Dürer to do the altarpiece for the associated chapel. The All Saints' Picture depicts the adoration of the Holy Trinity by the heavenly angels and saints united in the community of "God's state" as well as by earthly believers of all times. On the left hand side of the picture, the founder Matthäus Landauer is kneeling surrounded by the righteous. Set apart from the heavenly vision on earth, Dürer has painted himself in festive garments with an inscription board bearing his signature.
1511, Albrecht Dürer, All Saints' Picture (Landauer Altar) -- Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)
From the museum label: The Nuremberg merchant Matthäus Landauer founded the "Twelve Brothers' House" as a home for aged and destitute craftsmen. He commissioned Dürer to do the altarpiece for the associated chapel. The All Saints' Picture depicts the adoration of the Holy Trinity by the heavenly angels and saints united in the community of "God's state" as well as by earthly believers of all times. On the left hand side of the picture, the founder Matthäus Landauer is kneeling surrounded by the righteous. Set apart from the heavenly vision on earth, Dürer has painted himself in festive garments with an inscription board bearing his signature.