Hl. Petrus Abgetrennte Rückseite: Schmerzensmann (WAF 991)

Sebald Bopp's Hl. Petrus with its reverse showing the Schmerzensmann (Man of Sorrows) is a double-sided panel typical of Bavarian late Gothic altarpiece production, in which the physical object itself contained multiple devotional images. Peter, the first pope and holder of the keys of heaven, was a universal saint of the Western church, while the Man of Sorrows — Christ displaying his wounds — was among the most intimate and powerful of Passion devotional images, designed for private meditation on the cost of redemption. Together these two panels encompass the institutional and personal dimensions of late medieval Catholic piety.

Peter appears with his keys and book in established iconographic convention. The reverse Man of Sorrows shows Christ in half-length frontality displaying his wounds, the most direct devotional confrontation with Passion suffering. Bopp's warm palette and careful Flemish-influenced modeling serve both subjects with consistent technical care.