Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Ettal / Abbey St. Mariae Himmelfahrt / Nave - Dome / North-East: Benedictine Popes and Cardinals

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Church Fathers / Gregory / Single figure
Saints / Saints A - Z / Petrus Damiani (OSB) / Single figure
Saints / Groups of Saints / Saints from the same order / Benedictines / Ettal, St. Mariae Himmelfahrt, Dome (Johann Jakob Zeiller, 1748-1752, most saints without individual attributes)) / Popes and Cardinals
Angels / Various activities / Wings falling off
The Church / Images of clergy or church officials / Cardinal
The Church / Images of clergy or church officials / Pope

Further details

Fischer mentioned the angel whose wings are falling off, and who is holding onto a cloud, but is unsure about its significance

Artist or creator

Zeiller, Johann Jakob (1708-1783)

Date

1748 - 1752

Location

Ettal, St. Mariae Himmelfahrt

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland, vol. 2, Munich 1981, pp. 286-288, 296-312, no. A; Pius Fischer, Der Barockmaler Johann Jakob Zeiller und sein Ettaler Werk, Munich 1964, p. 71

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