Cathedral_Fribourg_vitrail_Anna_Maria_03.jpg

Summary

Józef Mehoffer : Detail from the window of St. Ann: dragon and the princess (

)

Artist



Alternative names	Joseph Mehoffer; I︠U︡zef Mekhoffer; Jozef Mehoffer; Josef Mehoffer
Description	Polish- Austro-Hungarian painter, stained-glass artist, decorator, graphic artist and teacher
Date of birth/death	19 March 1869	7 July 1946 / 8 July 1946
Location of birth/death	Ropczyce	Kraków
Work location	Vienna (1889–1890); Paris (1891–1896); Kraków ; Fribourg
Authority file	: Q1354695 VIAF : 122128 ISNI : 0000000110346126 ULAN : 500019125 LCCN : n82117724 Open Library : OL5146218A WorldCat

Author

Workshop of Kirsch & Fleckner
Alternative names	Kirsch and Fleckner
Authority file	: Q110064478

Photographer

Martin Thurnherr

Title

Detail from the window of St. Ann: dragon and the princess

Object type

painting

Description

The detail of the picture shows the personification of evil defeated by George. Depicted is the princess with fantastic headdress crying for help with raised hands and in front of her the dragon biting fiercely into the lance.

Depicted place

in chronological order follow the stained glass windows
in the aisle chapels

of Apostles
of Our Lady of Victory
of the Maryrs
of Eucharist
of Epiphany
of St. Ann, Detail of St. George + Michael
of the deacons and bishops
of Nicholas of Flüe

in the choir

of Trinity: «God the Father»
of Trinity: «God the Son»
of Trinity: «God the Holy Spirit»
of History
of Church history

Date

between 1907 and 1909

Medium

stained glass

Dimensions

4 strips à 670 × 70 cm (21.9 × 2.2 ft)

Place of creation

en:Fribourg , Switzerland

Credit line

This is an image of a cultural property of national significance in Switzerland with KGS number

2067

Inscriptions

Signature and date bottom left:

JÓSEF MEHOFFER 1909

Notes

The execution of the thirteen stained glass windows of Freiburg Cathedral extends from 1895 to 1936. This work thus documents the stained glass of Jósef Mehoffer in a unique way.

References

Hortensia von Roda: Die Glasmalereien von Józef Mehoffer in der Kathedrale St. Nikolaus in Freiburg i. Üe. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte (Hrsg.). Bern: Benteli 1995, (= Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte der Schweiz, Bd. 7), ISBN: 3-7165-0969-8
Valérie Sauterel: Der Fensterzyklus von Józef Mehoffer. In: Peter Kurmann (Herausgeber): Die Kathedrale St. Nikolaus in Freiburg. Brennspiegel der europäischen Gotik. Lausanne und Freiburg: La Bibliothèque des Arts und Stiftung für die Erhaltung der Kathedrale St. Nikolaus Freiburg, 2007, ISBN: 978-2-88453-135-1, S. 166-180

Source/Photographer

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Permission
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Other versions

Dragon + princess (right), Lucifer + hellhound (right)
Lucifer and Hellhound
Fountain + rose bush
George + Michael
Anne + M. Magdalene
Grieving M. Magdalene
Princess

Licensing

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Object location	46° 48′ 21.82″ N, 7° 09′ 46.84″ E	View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap	46.806060; 7.163010

Summary

Licensing

Captions

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

Józef Mehoffer's stained glass windows of the Saints

Saint Anne

Mary Magdalene

Saint George

Michael

creator

Józef Mehoffer

copyright status

copyrighted

copyright license

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International

captured with

Canon EOS 500D

coordinates of depicted place

46°48'21.82"N, 7°9'46.84"E

workshop of

Kirsch & Fleckner

location of formation

Fribourg

inception

1909

described by source

Q110065104

media type

image/jpeg

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width

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