Abstract
<jats:p>FRAGMENTED LATE GOTHIC ALTARPIECE WITH SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ST. PETER FROM THE NUREMBERG WORKSHOP OF THE MASTER OF THE WOLFGANG ALTAR – A RECONSTRUCTION Drawing upon iconographic and comparative analyses, the article reconstructs a fragmented Late Gothic winged altarpiece featuring the legend of St. Peter, attributed to the Nuremberg workshop of the so-called Master of the St Wolfgang Altarpiece (active ca. 1450s–1460s). The study examines four extant panels, dispersed across various Polish church and museum collections (Szczecin, Milicz, Pieskowa Skała, Wrocław), as well as a fifth panel, last recorded in 1929 and presumed lost after 1945. This cycle relies heavily on apocryphal sources and narrates episodes such as St. Peter’s dispute with Simon Magus, as well as his life and martyrdom. The analysis addresses iconographic ambiguities, such as the identification of the bishop as Clement or Mark and the prefect as Theophilus or Agrippa, and highlights themes of apostolic succession and imitatio Christi. The altarpiece is likely a pentaptych. Its original context, potentially an export to Upper Silesia, remains uncertain.</jats:p>