Wolfgang bittet um ein Wunder

Michael Pacher was the greatest South Tyrolean painter and sculptor of the fifteenth century, uniquely synthesizing Italian Renaissance perspective with Northern European naturalism in his revolutionary altarpieces. This Wolfgang bittet um ein Wunder was created around 1482. The tempera medium required careful preparation on a gessoed panel and a disciplined layering technique that produced precise, durable surfaces suited to the intricate detail expected of devotional painting.

Oil on panel with Pacher's characteristic integration of perspectival space with meticulous Northern surface detail. The work demonstrates the artistic qualities characteristic of Michael Pacher's period.