Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Ettal / Abbey St. Mariae Himmelfahrt / Nave - Dome / North: Benedictine Monks

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Saints A - Z / Bernard of Clairvaux (OCist) / Single Figure
Saints / Saints A - Z / Bruno / Single figure
Saints / Saints A - Z / John Gualbertus (CVUOSB) / Single figure
Saints / Saints A - Z / Romuald of Camaldoli / 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)) / Monks (Benedictines and other orders following St Benedict's rule)

Further details

This group probably shows the founders of orders following Benedict's rule - however, only few can be identified with some certainty because of missing attributes and incorrectly depicted habits

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

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