Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Ottobeuren / SS. Theodor und Alexander / Furnishings of the pre-Baroque church / Tabernacle

PORTRAITS

Clerics / Theologians / Calvin, Jean (1509-1564)
Clerics / Theologians / Luther, Martin (1483-1546)

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Apostles / James the Less / Single figure
Saints / Apostles / James the Less / Epistle of James / James 5:14-15: Infirmatur quis ... ungentes eum oleo (Is any man sick ... anointing him with oil)
Catechism (Creed, Pater noster, Sacraments, Works of Mercy etc) / Seven Sacraments / Extreme Unction / Scenes of Extreme Unction
Miscellaneous / Religious satire / Catholic, anti-Protestant (general)

Further details

The scene of Extreme Unction is accompanied by St James pointing to the passage from his Epistle that established this sacrement, whilst Luther and Calvin hold scrolls affirming the sacramental character of the Extreme Unction (although later Protestants rejected it)

Artist or creator

Swabian

Date

18th century (early) probably repetition of an original from 1558

Location

Ottobeuren (Swabia), Kunstsammlungen der Abtei

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

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