Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Birkenstein / St. Mariae Verkündigung / Paintings on the outside / Panel 4

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / Genesis / Adam and Eve / Paradise / Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
Old Testament / Genesis / The Fall and Expulsion / Adaptations of the Fall
Old Testament / Genesis / Jacob / Jacob's dream of the ladder (Gen. 28:11-22) / The following morning, Jacob anoints the stone on which he had slept (Gen. 28:18)
Old Testament / Numbers / The Roles of Priests and Levites (Num. 3-10) / Making a camp wherever the cloud stood still (Num. 917)
Old Testament / 2 Kings (A.V. II Samuel) / The Ark returns to Jerusalem (2 Kings 6-7) / The ark is brought from Obededom's house to Jerusalem (2 Kings 6:12)
Old Testament / Canticles (A.V. Song of Songs) / Cant. 2:13: Sponsus: Ficus protulit grossos suos ... Surge, amica mea ... (Bridegroom: The fig tree hath put forth her green figs ... Arise, my love ...) / Second part of verse: Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni (Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come)
Life of Christ / Ministry / Parables / The candle not placed under a bushel but on a candlestick (Mt. 5:15, Mc. 4:21, Lc. 11:33)
Virgin Mary / Iconography of the Virgin Mary / Miraculous Images / Birkenstein / History of the Pilgrimage / After the chapel was built, pilgrims started arriving in 1673, and in 1692 an extension was added

SOCIAL LIFE

Professions and trades / Miners / Digging in a mine

Further details

Left (perhaps belonging to panel 3, although iconographically fitting better to 4): Jacob anoints the stone, the Israelites pitching their tents, decorative figures, tree linked to the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil (for no clear reason); right: Song of Songs, Parable of the Candle, Ark)

Artist or creator

Weidinger, Johann Georg (active by 1761)

Date

1761

Location

Birkenstein, St. Mariae Verkündigung

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Contact

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