# High Altar [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HERLIN, Friedrich]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on panel, wooden sculptures ## Commentary High Altar 1466 Oil on panel, wooden sculptures Stadtkirche St. Jakob, Rothenburg ob der Tauber The Gothic church of St. Jacob is the most imposing in the medieval, German city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The construction of the Protestant-Lutheran town church was begun in 1311. The magnificent Twelve Apostles Altar in the east choir was created in 1466 on the foundation of the mayor Heinrich Toppler \(died in 1408\). The altar paintings are from the Nördlinger painter Friedrich Herlin. The scenes on the wings depict stories from the life of the Virgin. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Child]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Circumcision]() - [Epitaph for Hans Genger]() - [Family of the Founder Jakob Fuchsart]() - [High Altar]() - [High Altar]() - [Predella with the Apostles \(detail\)]() - [Presentation of Christ in the Temple]() - [St George and St Sebastian]() - [St George]() - [St Sebastian]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()