Pacher was a citizen of Bruneck in the Tyrol from 1467 to 1496. A painter and sculptor, his first known work was an altarpiece of 1465, now lost. He produced altarpieces in Gries, near Bolzano, St Wolfgang and Kloster Neustift in the 1470s and 1480s. 'The Virgin and Child Enthroned' in the Collection, which is attributed to Pacher, is dated to about the 1470s.
He worked in Salzburg in 1484, and again between 1496 and 1498, when he painted a high altarpiece for the Franciscan church there.
Michael Pacher
active 1465?; died 1498
Paintings by Michael Pacher
Probably by Michael Pacher
The Virgin Mary, the Christ Child in her lap, is seated on a marble throne that is topped with an elaborately carved canopy. Below, an angel offers a rose to Christ, but he is distracted by the pear held out by a second angel. Smaller canopies cover the niches on either side, which house the Arch...