Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Dillingen / St. Mariae Himmelfahrt (Studienkirche) / Nave - vault / SE section - Asia

PORTRAITS

Aristocrats / Japan / Takahisa, Shimatsu (1514-1572)

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Virgin Mary / Virgin and Child / Child blessing
Virgin Mary / Iconography of the Virgin Mary / Immaculate Conception / Virgin Mary alone crushing the serpent's head
Virgin Mary / Iconography of the Virgin Mary / Immaculate Conception / Virgin Mary, with lilies
Saints / Saints A - Z / Francis Xavier (SJ) / Life / Prince Shimatsu Takahisa venerates an image of the Virgin Mary sent to him by Paul, Francis' Japanese interpreter
Saints / Saints A - Z / Matteo Ricci (SJ) / Life / showing an image of the Virgin Mary to his Chinese follower Xu Guanqi, Li Zizhou and Yang Tingyun
Saints / Saints A - Z / Paul Miki, James Kisai and John Soan de Goto (SJ, Jesuit Martyrs of Nagasaki) / Single figures
Saints / Saints A - Z / Xu Guanqi (Hsü Kung-ch'i)

Further details

Artist or creator

Scheffler, Thomas Christian (or Christoph Thomas, born 1699 or 1700, died 1756)

Date

1751

Location

Dillingen (Donau), St. Mariae Himmelfahrt (Studienkirche)

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Database 'Erdteilallegorien'

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