Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Benediktbeuern / St. Benedikt / sV (South porch)

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Apocalypse (Revelation) / God and the Lamb (Rev. 4-5) / The Lamb with the Book of Seven Seals alone
Images of Christ / Allegories / Involving sheep / Lamb of God
Miscellaneous / Religious Orders / General / Clothing of novices

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Allegories and personifications A-Z / Grace of God

Further details

Corpus, p. 60, identifies a print by Maarten de Vos as model for the female figure, who is thus a personification of Grace (Hollstein 1151, part of a series of personifications of the ages of Nature, Law and Grace)

Artist or creator

Asam, Hans Georg (1649-1711)

Date

1686 - 1687

Location

Benediktbeuern, St. Benedikt

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland, vol. 2, Munich 1981, pp, 49, 60, no. a

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Contact

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