Iconography
ARCHITECTURE
PORTRAITS
Rulers / Modern / Holy Roman Empire / Dukes (later Electors) of Brunswick-Lüneburg / Johann Friedrich (1625-1679, 1665 Duke)
RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
Saints / Saints A - Z / Joseph of Cupertino (OFM) / Cycles / Maihingen, Klosterkirche Maria Immaculata (tentatively attributed to Vitus Felix Rigl, c1753)
Saints / Saints A - Z / Joseph of Cupertino (OFM) / Life / Converting Duke Johann Friedrich of Brunswick-Lüneburg to Catholicism (1651)
SECULAR ICONOGRAPHY
Further details
The extinguished candle shown in the mirror to the Protestant minister could allude to common images of Luther and other Reformers around a lighted candle the Catholics try in vain to blow out.
Artist or creator
Rigl, Vitus Felix (active 1743-1779) (attributed)
Date
1753 (circa)
Location
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