# Paumgartner altarpiece

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Triptych by Albrecht Dürer, c.1500

*Paumgartner altarpiece*, oil on wood, 157 cm × 248 cm. [Alte Pinakothek](/source/Alte_Pinakothek), Munich.

The right panel as it appeared before the 1903 restoration

The ***Paumgartner altarpiece*** (c. 1500) is an early [triptych](/source/Triptych) painting by [Albrecht Dürer](/source/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer), commissioned by the Paumgartner family of [Nuremberg](/source/Nuremberg). The central panel depicts a [nativity scene](/source/Nativity_of_Jesus_in_art), while the wings depict [Saint George](/source/Saint_George) (left) and [Saint Eustace](/source/Saint_Eustace) (right). The saint's faces are [donor portraits](/source/Donor_portrait) of the brothers Stephan and Lukas Paumgartner, respectively. Other members of the Paumgartner family are depicted as small figures in the center panel.

In 1616 the painting was bought by [Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria](/source/Maximilian_I%2C_Elector_of_Bavaria) and taken to [Munich](/source/Munich). There it was altered to suit 17th century tastes.[1] This entailed adding helmets, horses, and landscape backgrounds to the portraits of the saints and painting over the small donor figures in the center panel. These embellishments were removed by restorators in 1903.[2][3]

On 20 April 1988, the *Paumgartner altarpiece* was one of three paintings at the [Alte Pinakothek](/source/Alte_Pinakothek) that were attacked with concentrated [sulfuric acid](/source/Sulfuric_acid) by the serial art vandal [Hans-Joachim Bohlmann](/source/Hans-Joachim_Bohlmann).[4] It alone suffered at least $12 million worth of damage.[5] After 21 years of restoration, it was returned to display in 2010.[6]

## See also

- [List of paintings by Albrecht Dürer](/source/List_of_paintings_by_Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Price, Nicholas; Talley, M. Kirby; Vaccaro, Alessandra Melucco (2016-09-23). [*Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage*](https://books.google.com/books?id=RI1fDQAAQBAJ&dq=Paumgartner-Altar+restoration&pg=PT362). Getty Publications. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-60606-527-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60606-527-3).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *Dürer und Grünewald, Der Frankfurter Heller-Altar*, Bernhard Decker, p. 37

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Brief article](https://books.google.com/books?id=gFTrAAAAMAAJ&dq=Paumgartner+altar&pg=PA58) from a contemporary periodical about the restoration

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Jane Campbell Hutchison](/source/Jane_Campbell_Hutchison) (2000). [*Albrecht Dürer: a guide to research*](https://books.google.com/books?id=7xKyeh1_V7IC&pg=PA283). Taylor & Francis. p. 283. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8153-2114-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8153-2114-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "[3 Durer Masterpieces Vandalized With Acid.](https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/22/arts/3-durer-masterpieces-vandalized-with-acid.html)" *New York Times*, 22 April 1988

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Bailey, John. *[Cleaning up After a Serial Art Vandal.](http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/cleaning-up-after-a-serial-art-vandal-20110219-1b0bq.html)* The Age, 20 February 2011.

## External links

- Media related to [Paumgartner Altar by Albrecht Dürer](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paumgartner_Altar_by_Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Entry for the *Paumgartner altarpiece*](http://www.pinakothek.de/en/albrecht-duerer/paumgartner-altar) on the website of the Alte Pinakothek

- [The *Paumgartner altarpiece*](http://www.wga.hu/html_m/d/durer/1/03/3paumg.html) on the [Web Gallery of Art](/source/Web_Gallery_of_Art)

v t e Albrecht Dürer Paintings List of paintings Portrait Diptych of Dürer's Parents (1490) Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony (1496) St. Jerome in the Wilderness (c. 1496) Portrait of Dürer's Father at 70 (1497) Haller Madonna/Lot and His Daughters (c. 1498) Lamentation of Christ (Nuremberg) (attributed, c. 1498) Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds (1500) Lamentation of Christ (Munich) (c. 1500) Adoration of the Magi (1504) Bagnacavallo Madonna (before 1505) Christ Among the Doctors (1506) Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman (1505) Avarice (1507) Adam and Eve (1507) Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand (1508) The Suicide of Lucretia (1518) Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (1519) Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I (1519) Portrait of Jakob Fugger (c. 1520) Portrait of Bernhart von Reesen (1521) Saint Jerome in His Study (1521) The Four Apostles (1526) Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher (1526) Portrait of Johann Kleberger (1526) Portrait of Jakob Muffel (1526) Altarpieces Dresden Altarpiece (c. 1496–1497/1503–1504) Seven Sorrows Polyptych (c. 1500) Paumgartner Altarpiece (c. 1500) Jabach Altarpiece (c. 1503–1504) Feast of the Rosary (1506) Heller Altarpiece (c. 1508) (with Matthias Grünewald) Adoration of the Trinity (1511) Self-portraits Self-Portrait at the Age of 13 (drawing, 1484) Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle (1493) Self-Portrait at 26 (1498) Self-Portrait at 28 (1500) Woodcuts and engravings List of woodcuts, engravings The Holy Family with the Dragonfly (1495) The Holy Family with Three Hares (1496) Apocalypse (1498) Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon (1498) The Four Witches (1497) The Sea Monster (1498–1500) Saint Sebastian at the Column (1500) Visitation (1503) Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate (1504) Great Passion (1497–1510) Life of the Virgin (1510–1511) Small Passion (1511) Knight, Death and the Devil (1513) Melencolia I (1514) Saint Jerome in His Study (1514) Triumphal Arch (1515) Rhinoceros (1515) Large Triumphal Carriage (1522) Portrait of Erasmus (1526) Drawings, watercolours Young Hare (1502) Great Piece of Turf (1503) Madonna of the Animals (c. 1503) Praying Hands (c. 1508) Wing of a European Roller (1512) Portrait of the Artist's Mother at the Age of 63 (1514) Head of a Walrus (1514) The Virgin and Child with a Flower on a Grassy Bench (c. 1503) Museums Albrecht Dürer's House Family Agnes Dürer (wife) Albrecht Dürer the Elder (father) Hans Dürer (brother) Anton Koberger (godfather) Related Alte Pinakothek (Self-Portrait) (2000 photograph) Dürer (crater)

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