Nuremberg (dpa) – After a year of investigating, experts still do not have a clear answer as to whether a painting on the altar of a church in southern Germany is by Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer.
The painting on the altar of the Johanneskirche, or St John’s Church, in Crailsheim in the state of Baden-Württemberg has been scrutinized by several experts, but the results are still pending.
They are convinced that the high altar, which was built around 1490, comes from the workshop of Dürer’s teacher Michael Wolgemut.
Several panel paintings depict the life of John the Baptist and the Passion of Christ.
One shows an executioner holding John’s head. Dürer expert Benno Baumbauer from the Germanisches National Museum in Nuremberg is convinced that parts of this work were by Dürer himself.
Infrared images have revealed the sketches hidden under the paint, but a proper comparison with other works by Dürer and Wolgemut is yet to take place.
There will never be definitive proof that Dürer was involved in the altar, Baumbauer said, unless documents emerge that prove his connection to the work.
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