File:Adam Elsheimer - Der Frankfurter Kreuzaltar.jpg
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[edit]Adam Elsheimer: The Altarpiece of the Holy Cross
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| Title |
German: Der Frankfurter Kreuzaltar (Die Auffindung und Verherrlichung des Wahren Kreuzes) The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Holy Cross |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre |
religious art  |
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| Description |
In the central panel the Glorification of the cross by the Saints, the prophets and the angele 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 circa 1603 and circa 1605 |
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| Medium | oil on copper (silvered) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | circa 133.6 × 107 cm (52.5 × 42.1 in); central panel: 48.5 × 35 cm (19 × 13.7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2024, 2054, 2118, 2119, 2131, 2140, 2142 |
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| Object history |
central panel: 1950: acquired by Städel Deutsch: bis 1980 werden die restlichen 6 Täfelchen nacheinander entdeckt und angekauft |
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| Credit line | Teileigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e. V. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Städel:History of the museum Google Cultural Institute |
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| Source/Photographer | TAE1mjxSM0ri8w — Google Arts & Culture | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Annotations | This image is annotated: View the annotations at Commons |
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