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The inscription in minuscules on the lower frame of the closed wings gives the date when it was made and the name of the donor, no doubt a worthy burgher of Cserény. "Anno domini 1483 completum est hoc opus in die sancte barbare: istas tabulas iussit fieri honestus vir Georgius Petrovits" (Completed on St. Barbara's day in the year of our Lord 1483. This winged altar was commissioned by the honorable György Petrovits).
On the outer panels, as on the inner ones, there are fairly accurate representations of episodes from the life of St. Martin of Pannonia. In style and pictorial language they are closely related to those of the St. Nicholas high altar from Jánosrét. Yet, in spite of a similarity in the treatment of internal space, architectural detail and vividly evocative gestures, and even in the facial types, it is evident that the Master of Jánosrét was a more gifted and creative artist. The somewhat hard and less painterly style of the Cserény altarpiece is related to the panels of the Garamszentbenedek altarpiece of the Crucifixion, a product of the workshop of the Master of Jánosrét.
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