# St George Altarpiece [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, German]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oak, 124,5 x 167 cm \(central panel\), 124,5 x 77 cm \(each wing\) ## Commentary St George Altarpiece c. 1460 Oak, 124,5 x 167 cm \(central panel\), 124,5 x 77 cm \(each wing\) Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne This unusual altar is the first in Cologne not to have Christ or the Virgin as its subject but an individual saint, St George. However, on the exterior of the wing on the left is the Adoration of the Christ Child with the donor Peter Kannegieser and family, and on the right the Ecce Homo with the donor's parents. The artist of the altarpiece is referred to as the Master of the Legend of St George. ## Related artworks - [12 scenes from the Life of Christ]() - [A Bath-House]() - [A carpenter at work]() - [A Knight of the Rehlinger Family]() - [A Lady]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Altarpiece of the Seven Joys of Mary]() - [Altarpiece of the Seven Joys of Mary]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()