Death of Mary; epitaph of Dorothea Gerolt, wife of Stefan Geinperger
After 1498
Wood, tempera, gilt
156 x 104 cm (painted surface), 180 x 120 in its original frame
Inv. 56.509
The panel, earlier known as the Heinperger epitaph, depicts the Death of Mary, with the engraving of the same theme (B 33) by Martin Schongauer as its prototype. It was placed, along with its old frame, in a new frame.
Inscription:
Anno • Dom(in)i • 1• 4• 9• 8 • an[!] • freÿtag Sand • Mathias • abendt [13 Mai] • ist • gestorben • die • ersam • fraw (•) Do[rothea] // [e]in • Geroltin [•] vnd [•] des • wolgelërten • Steffa[n] • Geinperger • lerer• in • den • siben • frewen • [k]ün[sten] // [v]nd • in[?] • de[r?] [unlesbar] [•] Burger • zu • der [•] N[e]ünstat [•] eli[ch]e [•] hawsfraw • gewesen • ist • de[r Got] • gen[ad]
Provenance:
It was acquired by Karl Lemann from the collection of Blasius Höfel in Wiener Neustadt, and then acquired by Arnold Ipolyi. ‘99. Mortuarium: Death of Mary, painted as a dynamic scene. Mary lies in a bed with red curtains. A family can be seen kneeling at the foot of the bed: on one side a man and the other a mother and her seven children. The inscription below reads: Am freytag Sand Mathias abendt ist gestorben. Die ersam Fraw……hiroltin des wolgelerten Steffan Heinperger lerer in den Siben frewen…….Burger zu der…stat sliche hausfrau geweseh ist. Panel, in a contemporary frame.’ (Lakatos-Balla 291).
Restoration:
Dezső Varga, 1956, (who removed the earlier overpainting, retouched the works and conserved the original frame)
Bibliography
Verzeichniss-1839, 11 sz. – Uj Magyar Sion II. 1871, 373. – Divald Kornél: Zólyom vármegye csúcsíveskori szárnyasoltárai. In: A Magyar Mérnök- és Építészegylet Közlönye XLIII. 1909, 123. – Divald Kornél: Magyarország csúcsíveskori szárnyasoltárai II. Bp. 1911, 7. – Frimmel-1914, 174-175. – Gerevich-1930, 95. – Hoffmann Edit: Über Altäre aus Ungarn im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert. In: A Műgyűjtő V. 1931, 169. – Pigler-1934, 130-131. – Genthon-1948, 129. – Czobor-1955, 13. Mojzer-1958, 15. – Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964. 170-171. – Mucsi-1975 26.
Inscription:
Anno • Dom(in)i • 1• 4• 9• 8 • an[!] • freÿtag Sand • Mathias • abendt [13 Mai] • ist • gestorben • die • ersam • fraw (•) Do[rothea] // [e]in • Geroltin [•] vnd [•] des • wolgelërten • Steffa[n] • Geinperger • lerer• in • den • siben • frewen • [k]ün[sten] // [v]nd • in[?] • de[r?] [unlesbar] [•] Burger • zu • der [•] N[e]ünstat [•] eli[ch]e [•] hawsfraw • gewesen • ist • de[r Got] • gen[ad]
Provenance:
It was acquired by Karl Lemann from the collection of Blasius Höfel in Wiener Neustadt, and then acquired by Arnold Ipolyi. ‘99. Mortuarium: Death of Mary, painted as a dynamic scene. Mary lies in a bed with red curtains. A family can be seen kneeling at the foot of the bed: on one side a man and the other a mother and her seven children. The inscription below reads: Am freytag Sand Mathias abendt ist gestorben. Die ersam Fraw……hiroltin des wolgelerten Steffan Heinperger lerer in den Siben frewen…….Burger zu der…stat sliche hausfrau geweseh ist. Panel, in a contemporary frame.’ (Lakatos-Balla 291).
Restoration:
Dezső Varga, 1956, (who removed the earlier overpainting, retouched the works and conserved the original frame)
Bibliography
Verzeichniss-1839, 11 sz. – Uj Magyar Sion II. 1871, 373. – Divald Kornél: Zólyom vármegye csúcsíveskori szárnyasoltárai. In: A Magyar Mérnök- és Építészegylet Közlönye XLIII. 1909, 123. – Divald Kornél: Magyarország csúcsíveskori szárnyasoltárai II. Bp. 1911, 7. – Frimmel-1914, 174-175. – Gerevich-1930, 95. – Hoffmann Edit: Über Altäre aus Ungarn im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert. In: A Műgyűjtő V. 1931, 169. – Pigler-1934, 130-131. – Genthon-1948, 129. – Czobor-1955, 13. Mojzer-1958, 15. – Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964. 170-171. – Mucsi-1975 26.
