Details Gothaer Tafelaltar is by Heinrich Füllmauer

Gothaer Tafelaltar (Detail) by Heinrich Füllmauer in the Ducal Museum in Gotha

The huge Gothaer Tafelaltar is by Heinrich Füllmauer (around 1538). This large altar with 162 scenes one of the largest works of old German art.

This monumental illustration of the Bible uses many passages from the Martin Luther translation of 1522 to explain Biblical events and parables.