Hl. Rochus

Marx Reichlich was a South Tyrolean painter active around 1490-1520, working in the tradition established by Michael Pacher. This Saint Roch panel from around 1498 reflects the widespread veneration of Roch as a plague saint in Alpine regions. Reichlich received commissions from churches across the Tyrol and Salzburg regions. This work belongs to the High Renaissance, when the innovations of the preceding century were synthesized into works of monumental clarity and ideal beauty. The period's defining aesthetic — balanced composition, idealized figures, unified atmospheric space — was developed above all in Florence and Rome before spreading across Italy and Europe.

Oil on panel with the solid figure drawing and bright coloring characteristic of the post-Pacher Tyrolean school. Saint Roch's plague wound and pilgrim attributes are depicted with iconographic precision.