Anna Selbdritt Private
Devotional
AltarpieceSt. Catherine of
Alexandria is on the left panel, the other side of which has St.
Ursula. On the right panel is St.
Barbara, with St. Dorothy on the
other side. Presumably the kneeling figures are the patrons; Virginia
Nixon (Mary's
Mother, p. 146) suggests
that the furry clothing on the male figure may refer to John the
Baptist and thus identify the patron's name as Johann. Nixon adds that
an unusually large number of such altarpieces survive from the period.
Also see detail of
St. Anne with Mary and Christ Child
More of St. Anne