Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Aldersbach / Portenkapelle

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Life of Christ / Infancy / Circumcision
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

This image shows the Circumcision, but the priest adressing Mary and the Sword piercing her breast, as well as perhaps the candles held by the Acolytes, allude to the Presentation in the Temple.

Artist or creator

Günther, Matthäus (1705-1788)

Date

1767

Location

Aldersbach, Portenkapelle

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