Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Bergen (near Neuburg) / Right side altar

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Typology and Prophecy / Types and Prophecies from the Old Testament / Numbers / Num. 21:9: The Israelites look at the brazen serpent and are healed / Type for the Crucifixion (BP) / Miscellaneous
Typology and Prophecy / Antitypes for episodes from the Passion of Christ / Crucifixion / with Num. 21:9: The Israelites look at the brazen serpent and are healed (BP) / Miscellaneous
Old Testament / Numbers / The Brazen Serpent (Num. 21:1-9) / The Israelites look at the serpent and are healed (Num. 21:9)
Life of Christ / Ministry / Teaching / Christ and Nicodemus (Jn. 3:1-21)
The Cross / Cycles / Bergen, Heilig Kreuz (True Cross and Miracles involving of crosses, Johann W. Baumgartner, 1757)
Saints / Saints A - Z / Joseph / With Christ Child / Working - with foreshadowing of the Crucifixion

Further details

The text (Jn 3:14) explains the typological relationship between the Brazen Serpent (in the background) and Christ's Crucifixion (foreshadowed by the cross-like beam He is working on)

Artist or creator

Baumgartner, Johann Wolfgang (1709-1761)

Date

1759

Location

Bergen, Heilig Kreuz

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

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Contact

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