Christus am Kreuz mit den hll. Maria, Johannes Ev., Ursula, Hippolytus und dem Stifter Bernardus de Reyda (Meister der Georgslegende?)

The Master of the Life of the Virgin's Crucifixion with Saints Mary, John the Evangelist, Ursula, and Others belongs to this Cologne workshop's production of altarpiece panels depicting Passion subjects with saintly witnesses. This anonymous master, named for a celebrated altarpiece depicting the Life of the Virgin now in Munich, was among the most significant painters in Cologne in the second half of the fifteenth century, developing a figure style of great elegance and emotional refinement. His Crucifixion scenes are notable for their precisely observed emotional responses in each figure, ranging from the Virgin's grief to the saints' calm contemplative presence.

This work demonstrates Early Renaissance painting techniques.