Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Ottobeuren / SS. Theodor und Alexander / Furnishings of the pre-Baroque church / Altar of the Apostles (in front of choir screen)

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Life of Christ / Passion / Cycles / Sculptures / Ottobeuren, SS. Theodor und Alexander, several fragmentary cycles from the Pre-Baroque church / Reliefs of the former Altar of the Apostles (Hans Kels, 1557)
Life of Christ / After the Passion / Apparitions of Christ / Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene ('Noli me tangere') / Christ and Mary only / Christ at right

Further details

Lieb is uncertain if the panels of the Apparitions of the Risen Christ belonged like the Passion scenes to the central Apostles' altar, or to another altarpiece in the former Abbey Church.

Artist or creator

Kels, Hans, the younger (born 1510, died 1565 or 1566)

Date

1557

Location

Ottobeuren (Swabia), Kunstsammlungen der Abtei

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Norbert Lieb, Ottobeurer Bildhauer- und Kunstschreinerarbeiten des 16. Jahrhunderts. Beiträge zu Hans Kels d.J. und Thomas Heidelberger, Münchner Jahrbuch der Bildenden Kunst NS 12 (1937-1938), pp. 50-64

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