Tauberbischofsheim Altarpiece

The earliest written references to the work come from the 18th century when the altarpiece was still in the Church of St. Martin in Tauberbischofsheim.

Its original location and the identity of the patron who commissioned it are not known, but it is assumed that they both were in Tauberbischofsheim.

In order to display the work in an art museum, the panel was split in half during its first restoration in 1883.

Joris-Karl Huysmans' novel Là-bas (1891) describes the crucifixion in its first chapter.

[1] Huysmans wrote: How far removed one is when confronted by this bloody and tear-stained Calvary from those debonair Golgothas adopted by the Church ever since the Renaissance!