Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Ettal / Abbey St. Mariae Himmelfahrt / Choir - Dome / Vault (Trinity and saints)

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / 3 Kings (A.V. I Kings) / Elias (A.V. Elijah) - single figure
Old Testament / 4 Kings (A.V. II Kings) / Eliseus - Single figure
Old Testament / Isaias (A.V. Isaiah) / Single Figure
Old Testament / Habacuc (A.V. Habakkuk) / Habacuc as prophet / Single figure
Saints / Apostles / James the Great / Single figure

Further details

Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei, p. 314, sees the arrow held by the gesticulating prophet as reference to Hab. 3:9. Elias has the chariot of fire as attribute, the person next to him is probably Eliseus, in front Isaias with the saw

Artist or creator

Knoller, Martin (1725-1804)

Date

1769

Location

Ettal, St. Mariae Himmelfahrt

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland, vol. 2, Munich 1981, pp. 289-292, 314-316, no. C

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