Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Ottobeuren / Abbey - School and guest quarters / Second Floor - Kaisersaal (Room 271) / Sainted Empresses (paintings)

PORTRAITS

Rulers / Modern / Holy Roman Empire / Holy Roman Emperors / Cycles / Ottobeuren, Benediktinerabtei, Kaisersaal (Paintings of sainted Empresses by Jacob Carl Stauder, 1725)

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Saints A - Z / Agnes of Poitou

Further details

This image, labelled as Agnes, spouse of Emperor Heinrich, probably shows Agnes of Poitou, spouse of Heinrich III, who died as a penitent in Rome - although she was never canonised

Artist or creator

Swabian

Date

1725 (circa) repainted

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. 458, no. 14

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