Master of the Legend of Saint Oswald

Saint Oswald was a 7th-century king of Northumbria, in northern England, killed in battle in 642. His cult travelled far, as far as the mining town of Eisenerz in Styria, whose parish church is dedicated to him. Around 1480 an unknown painter made the high altar for that church, and four of its panels survive. They show Oswald's coronation, the king giving alms, his death in battle, and the translation of his bones as relics.

All four are in the Belvedere. They reached the Kunsthistorisches Museum in 1930 from the collection of Albert Figdor, a Viennese banker and collector, and moved to the Belvedere in 1953. The painter, named after them, was active in Styria around 1470 to 1480. His style shows the influence of the Master of the Schottenaltar, who painted the high altar of the Scottish Abbey in Vienna, and a few more panels in Brno and in private hands are attributed to him.