Michael Pacher

Database → Artists → Michael Pacher
Altar of the Early Church Fathers by Michael Pacher

Michael Pacher (1435-1498)
Altar of the Early Church Fathers (C. 1480)

Cedar, 212 x 100 cm
Acquired in 1812 during secularization from Neustift near Brixen
Inv. no. 2597

Learn more about this artwork

Michael Pacher (1435-1498)

Alte Pinakothek

Gallery XII

Painter and wood carver active in Tirol and the area around Salzburg; born c.1435, probably in Bruneck in the Puster valley, South Tirol (Alto Adige). From 1467 he is documented as a citizen of Bruneck and owner of a workshop there. Evidently trained in South Tirol, he was influenced by the Master of the Sterzing Altar Wings and by the painting of Upper Italy. He received major commissions for altarpieces in Tirol and the Salzburg area. From 1495 he lived in Salzburg, where he probably died in 1498.