Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Aldersbach / Portenkapelle

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Life of Christ / Infancy / Circumcision
Life of Christ / Infancy / Flight into Egypt / Without legendary elements / Mary on donkey, holding Child
Life of Christ / Infancy / Christ teaching in the temple / Christ in the temple / With Mary and Joseph standing passively at the side
Life of Christ / Passion / Christ taking leave of his mother
Life of Christ / Passion / Way to Calvary / Christ encountering Mary
Life of Christ / Passion / Lamentation / Virgin with body in lap / At the foot of the Cross
Virgin Mary / Iconography of the Virgin Mary / Sorrows of the Virgin Mary / Seven Sorrows - Variants / Aldersbach, Portenkapelle (Matthaeus Günther, 1767, with Circumcision instead of Simeon and Christ taking Leave instead of the Entombment)

Further details

The vault shows six sorrows (Circumcision, Flight into Egypt, Christ in the Temple, Christ taking Leave, Carrying of the Cross, Lamentation), the sevenths, the Crucifixion, was sculpted in the altar (now in Aholming), only the background painting with Dionysius Areopagita is still in situ.

Artist or creator

Günther, Matthäus (1705-1788)

Date

1767

Location

Aldersbach, Portenkapelle

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