Iconography

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Germany / Fürstenfeldbruck / Kloster Fürstenfeld / Chapel nI

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Virgin Mary / Iconography of the Virgin Mary / Apparitions / to St Alberich (OCist)
Saints / Saints A - Z / Alberich (OCist) / Life / The Virgin Mary gives him a white cowl and turns the monks' black cowls white
Saints / Saints A - Z / Alberich (OCist) / Life / The Virgin Mary gives him the first rules of the Cistercians
Saints / Saints A - Z / Alberich (OCist) / Life / The Virgin Mary promises Alberich to protect the Cistercians
Saints / Saints A - Z / Gerardus (OCist) / Life / Death-bed Vision that no Cistercian will go to Hell
Saints / Saints A - Z / Robert of Molesme / Life / Betrothal to the Virgin Mary
Saints / Saints A - Z / Stephen Harding (OCist) / Life / Receiving the Cincture from the Virgin Mary
Saints / Groups of Saints / Saints from the same order / Cistercians / Fürstenfeldbruck, Kloster Fürstenfeld (Visions of, largely Cistercian, saints, C. D. Asam, 1731)
Heaven and Hell / Heaven / Thrones prepared in heaven
The Church / Liturgy / Roman Rite / Office / Images of clerics singing the Office

Further details

According to the Corpus, the left half shows Gerardus's vision, the right half the Virgin clothing the Cistercians in white, the text above is Her promise to Alberich. The basket contains the cincture given to Stephen Harding, the rings denoting Her betrothal to Robert of Molesme, and the rules

Artist or creator

Asam, Cosmas Damian (1686-1739)

Date

1731

Location

Fürstenfeldbruck, Kloster Fürstenfeld

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland, vol. 4, Munich 1995, pp. 102-104, no. K9

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