Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Dillingen / St. Mariae Himmelfahrt (Studienkirche) / Chapel n4 (SS Luigi Gonzaga and Stanislaus)

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Mathematics / Geometry / Angles
Science, technology and medicine / Technology / Measuring / Compass (dividers) / Miscellaneous
Astronomy and astrology / Astrolabes and armillary spheres / Armillary Spheres

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Virgin Mary / Virgin and Child / With symbolic objects / Sceptre with triangle (held by Mary)
Virgin Mary / Symbols / Symbols taken from the Litany of Loreto / Sedes sapientiae (Seat of wisdom)
Saints / Saints A - Z / Albertus Magnus (OP) / Single figure
Saints / Saints A - Z / Albertus Magnus (OP) / As patron saint / of the Faculty of Philosophy
Saints / Groups of Saints / Patron Saints of Professions / Patrons of academic subjects (not University Faculties) / Dillingen, Studienkirche, side chapels (Christoph Thomas Scheffler, Saints with depictions of the Virgin Mary)

SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY

Allegories and personifications A-Z / Divine Wisdom (Sapientia Divina)

Further details

Artist or creator

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

Date

1750 - 1751

Location

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

Rights and Permissions

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Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Kress foundation

Contact

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