A work by the Nuremberg master Albrecht Dürer was probably discovered in the town of Crailsheim in Baden-Württemberg. The painting shows an executioner scene. Dürer is one of the few artists to whom the most research has been done, and yet it looks like he is still good for surprises. Now, for example, one of his early works has been discovered on a late Gothic winged altar in Crailsheim. “It would be a giant step for Dürer research,” says Matthias Weniger of the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. If the conjecture proves true, it would shed a whole new light on Dürer’s apprentice years. According to experts and Weniger, the painting technique and style suggest that Dürer painted parts of a panel of the altar. An examination of the altar using infrared could provide the answer. The Institute for Art Technology and Conservation at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg owns the technical equipment.
Dürer picture – probably discovered on altar in Crailsheim
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