Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

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

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

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 / 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)
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

Further details

At the top left Jacob anointing the stone, at the top right the man from Song of Songs calling for his beloved. The text next to the deer beneath him could not be identified

Artist or creator

Weidinger, Johann Georg (active by 1761)

Date

1761

Location

Birkenstein, St. Mariae Verkündigung

Associated persons

Berthold Kress (Photographer (digital))

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