Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
Altarpiece from Minden Cathedral; Coronation of the Virgin
Alternate Title:
Coronation of the Virgin with the Apostles
Image View:
Detail, small openwork carved roundels in a band at the apostles' feet
Creator:
unknown (German)
Location:
repository: Bode Museum (Berlin, Berlin (state), Germany)
Location Note:
Museum Island
GPS:
52.521944 13.394722
Date:
1220-1250 and ca. 1425 (inclusive)
Cultural Context:
German
Style Period:
Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
wood (oak)
Technique:
carving (processes)
Description:
The carved wood winged altarpiece was originally from Minden Cathedral. The coronation scene is emphasized by a circular frame. The altarpiece was altered in roughly 1425. Above the figures the shrine was filled with large architectural baldachins, which were now conceived, as already in isolated examples from the late fourteenth century, as truly three-dimensional architectural elements, rather than simply a flat crowning of arches. (Source: Kahsnitz, Rainer; Carved Splendor: Late Gothic Altarpieces in Southern Germany, Austria, And South Tirol, Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2006 (0892368535))
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Eight
Identifier:
7A3-M-BOM-AMC-A07
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Altarpiece from Minden Cathedral; Coronation of the Virgin