St Margret with Donors (Greda Brun and her daughters Margarethe, Katherine and Anna)

The Master of Frankfurt painted this panel of Saint Margaret with the donors Greda Brun and her daughters around 1502. The specific identification of the donor family demonstrates the personal nature of altarpiece commissions. The inclusion of three named daughters creates a rare document of female presence in early 16th-century religious patronage. The oil medium allowed for rich tonal transitions and glazed layers of color that created luminous depth impossible with the older tempera technique.

Oil on panel with the Master's characteristic vivid palette and precise rendering of both the saint and the individual donor portraits. The family group is integrated with the devotional subject through careful compositional arrangement.