Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Ottobeuren / Abbey - Abbot's winter apartment (second floor) / Reception Hall (Room 241)

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Geography / The earth / Continents / Four / All in one image / Subdued by the Archangel Gabriel

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Angels / Angelic hierarchy / Archangels / Cycles / 3 Archangels (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael) / Ottobeuren, Benediktinerabtei, Hall in the Abbot's winter quarters (Room 241, Magnus Remy, 1717, and Franz Georg Hermann, 1719)
Angels / Angelic hierarchy / Archangels / Gabriel / Single figure / As a warrior
The Church / Liturgy / Roman Rite / Mass / Special Functions / Mass of the Presanctified (Good Friday) / Trishagion (Sanctus Deus, Deus fortis, Deus immortalis)

Further details

This figure looks more like St Michael but was identified as Gabriel in the notes of Abbot Rupert Neß, the patron - the warlike attire probably inspired by the inscription 'Deus fortis'; at the right-hand side apparently putti binding worldly pleasures

Artist or creator

Hermann, Franz Georg, II (1692-1768)

Date

1719

Location

Ottobeuren (Swabia), Benediktinerabtei

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Gabriele Dischinger et al., Ottobeuren: Barocke Bildwelt des Klostergebäudes in Malerei und Plastik, vol. 2, Sankt Ottilien 2014, p. 301, no. II

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