Mystic Marriage of St Catherine
by HEMMEL VON ANDLAU, Peter, Stained glass window
In 1481 Hemmel supplied a superb series of windows for the Volckamer family chapel in the choir of St. Lorenz, Nuremberg, among the finest produced by the Strassburger Werkstattgemeinschaft (a joint workshop of German glass painters) under the direction of Hemmel. The centrepiece of the generously designed composition is a depiction of the Mystic Marriage of St Catherine. The scene combines an elegant figurative style with an extraordinarily brilliant technique of glass painting. This forms the last, radiant masterpiece of the joint workshop.