Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Benediktbeuern / Monastic buildings / Alter Festsaal / Ceiling - Centre

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Geography / The earth / Continents / Four / All in one image / Watching Christ hunting animals from all continents
Flora and Fauna / Fabulous animals / Dragon / Dragons fighting with devils

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Images of Christ / Allegories / Christ as huntsman, chasing souls

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Virtues and Vices / Virtues / Theological / Virtues performing actions / The three virtues assisting Christ hunting souls

SOCIAL LIFE

Hunting / Allegories

Further details

Zoology - Land animals: Christ, accompanied by the Theological Virtues, hunts down animals (i.e. captures souls) from all continents

Artist or creator

Kessler, Stephan I (1622-1700) and
Storer, Johann Christoph (c1620-1671)

Date

1675 (circa)

Location

Benediktbeuern, Kloster

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland, vol. 2, Munich 1981, pp. 83, 84-85, no. A2. After an engraving in the dissertation Sebastianus Franciscus et Philippus Constantius ... de Tassis, Philosophia Sacro-Profana Logicam, Physicam, et Metaphysicam Disputationem Complexa, Praeside Ferdinando Visler, Dilingae (Mayer) 1664, plate facing p. 129

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Web resources

Photo on external webpage
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (printed model)

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