Iconography
ARCHITECTURE
Germany / Ottobeuren / Abbey - Abbot's winter apartment (second floor) / Staircase (Room 3e, Staircase A)
RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
Images of Christ / Allegories / Involving sheep / The Blood of the Lamb of God washing away the records of human sin
Virgin Mary / Iconography of the Virgin Mary / Immaculate Conception / Allegories / Ottobeuren, Benediktinerabtei, Staircase A (Franz Anton Erler, 1728), the Immaculate Conception with Justice and Grace
Catechism (Creed, Pater noster, Sacraments, Works of Mercy etc) / Seven Sacraments / Eucharist / Allegories
SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY
Further details
Christ's blood, present in the Eucharist, and a personification - perhaps of Redemption or of Christ's victory - (with a spongue) wash away the records of human sin - on the opposite side of the dome is the Justice of God pointing to an image of the Fall
Artist or creator
Date
1728
Location
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, pp. 240, 242-245
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