Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Rott am Inn / Abbey St. Marinus und Anianus / Central part - vault

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Groups of Saints / Saints from the same order / Benedictines / Rott am Inn, St. Marinus und Anianus Matthäus Günther, 1762)
Miscellaneous / Religious Orders / Cistercians / Cistercian nuns
Miscellaneous / Religious Orders / Order of Calatrava / Nuns

Further details

The nun with the cross terminating in lilies in the centre represents of Order of Calatrava. The nun with the fork-ended cross supposedly stands for a female branch of the chivalric order of St Stephen, the nun with the small cross for sisters hospitallers - it is not clear if the latter two existed

Artist or creator

Günther, Matthäus (1705-1788)

Date

1762

Location

Rott am Inn, St. Marinus und Anianus

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland, vol. 12-2, Munich 2006, pp. 442-455, no. B

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