Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Raitenhaslach / Monastic buildings / Hall (Aula maior) / Vault - Frame

GODS AND MYTHS

Amoretti / With animals / Frog or toad
Amoretti / Various activities / Blowing bubbles

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

The Elements / Cycles / Cycles of four / As separate allegories or personifications / Raitenhaslach, Abbey, Hall, frame of the central fresco (Johann Martin Heigl, 1765)
The Elements / Individual / Air
Flora and Fauna / Animals / Frog

SOCIAL LIFE

Pastimes / Blowing bubbles

Further details

The Corpus suggests that the frog is caught in order to be blown up until it explodes, supposedly then a children's game

Artist or creator

Heigl, Johann Martin (1730-1776)

Date

1765

Location

Raitenhaslach, Cistercian Abbey

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Corpus der barocken Deckenmalerei in Deutschland, vol. 9, Munich 2003, p. 198, no. 1

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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