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Summary
Adam Elsheimer : The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Exaltation of the True Cross | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part of | The Altarpiece of the Holy Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Genre | religious art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Central panel of the Frankfurt Kreuzaltar
Deutsch:
Die Mitteltafel zeigt die Auffindung und Verherrlichung des wahren Kreuzes durch Heilige, Propheten und Engel. Rechts unten sind die Patriarchen, einschließlich
Moses
,
Abraham
und König
David
abgebildet. Jonas sitzt auf dem Wal mit zum Kreuz erhobenem Blick, die hl.
Catherine of Alexandria
und
Maria Magdalena
sind in schwesterlicher Umarmung. Im Vordergrund ist ein Streit zwischen dem hl. Sebastian und den 4 Kirchenvätern, Papst Gregor.
English:
In the central panel the Glorification of the cross by the Saints, the prophets and the angels is shown. On the right, are the 4 the patriarchs including
Moses
, Abraham and King David. Jonas is sitting on the fish, looking up towards the cross, and St Catherine and Mary Magdalene are in a sisterly embrace. In the foreground is a disputation between St Sebastian and the 4 Fathers of the Church, Pope Gregory, St Jerome, St Ambrose and St Augustine, with the first Christian martyrs St Stephen and St Laurence.
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Date |
between 1603 and 1605
date QS:P,+1603-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1603-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1605-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium | oil on copper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 48.8 cm (19.2 in)
; width: 36.2 cm (14.2 in)
; thickness: 0.1 cm (0 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+48.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+36.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2610,+0.1U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q163804
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Accession number |
2024
(
Städel Museum
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References | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
1. The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN : 3936122202 . 2. Städel Museum |
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