Erster Wettenhauser Altar: Gefangennahme Christi Rückseite: Christus vor Pilatus

Painted around 1515 during the artist's developing years, this devotional work by Martin Schaffner demonstrates the sixteenth-century approach to sacred subjects, balancing theological orthodoxy with artistic innovation. Painted at the height of the High Renaissance, the work draws on centuries of iconographic tradition while expressing Martin Schaffner's individual interpretation of the divine narrative. This was the age of the great papal and princely commissions, when the ambitions of patrons like Julius II and Leo X drove artists to create works of unprecedented scale and complexity.

Martin Schaffner employs skilled technique and careful observation to convey the spiritual gravity of the subject. The treatment of the figures shows careful study of earlier masters, while the palette and lighting create the devotional atmosphere the subject demands.