Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Bertoldshofen / St. Michael / Crossing - Dome / Left half - St John Nepomucene

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Saints A - Z / John Nepomucene / Cycles / Bertoldshofen, St. Michael (Anton Wenzeslaus Haffe and Matthias Wolcker, 1733)
Saints / Saints A - Z / John Nepomucene / Posthumous miracles / Protecting a young man from his attackers (yet unidentified episode)

Further details

A young man stands excited while two older men fall to the ground, the left seems to have lost one arm, the right is holding a hammer, and his collar might identify him as a Protestant minister - perhaps a scene of punished iconoclasts?

Artist or creator

Wolcker, Matthias (active 1731, died 1742)

Date

1733

Location

Bertoldshofen, St. Michael

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

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