Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Ettal / Abbey St. Mariae Himmelfahrt / Confessionals

GESTURES AND EXPRESSION

Surprise

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Saints A - Z / Margaret of Cortona / As penitent
Saints / Saints A - Z / Margaret of Cortona / Life / Finding her lover dead
Saints / Saints A - Z / Margaret of Cortona / Attributes / Cilice
Saints / Groups of Saints / Penitents / Cycles / Ettal, St. Mariae Himmelfahrt, Confessionals (workshop of J. B. Straub, 1752-1762)

Further details

The gesture of the putto on the left may allude to St Margareta finding ther rotting corpse of her lover

Artist or creator

Straub, Johann Baptist (1704-1784) (workshop)

Date

1752 (circa) - 1762

Location

Ettal, St. Mariae Himmelfahrt

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