Relief

The facial features and drapery of this figure of a saint are clues to its origins. They compare closely with those of St Benedict and St Anthony from an altarpiece in Weissenburg, south of Nuremberg. The altarpiece, which would have stood behind the altar in the church, was probably made in a workshop in Nuremberg rather than one in Weissenburg. It may have been made in the workshop of Michael Wohlgemuth, who was active in Nuremberg from the 1430s to 1519.

This figure would have been attached to the inner surface of one of the altarpiece's hinged wings. It follows a conventional scheme common in Nuremberg in about 1500 where three figures were displayed in the middle of the altarpiece and one relief on each wing.