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Angelic Salutation (Stoss)
''Angelic Salutation'' (German: ''Engelsgruß'') is an assemblage of life-sized limewood sculptures celebrating the Annunciation by the late-Gothic German artist Veit Stoss. It was commissioned in 1517 by Anton II Tucher and completed the following year. Tucher was a high ranking official in Nuremberg in southern Germany, and donated the work to the medieval church of St. Lorenz (or St. Lawrence) in Nuremberg, where it still freely suspended on a metal chain in the center of the choir, facing the high altar.Burkhard (1935), p. 37 Description The sculptures are dominated by the life-sized figures of Virgin Mary and Archangel Gabriel, from whom the work takes its name.Burkhard (1935), p. 35 They are suspended within a circular frame resembling a wreath of roses, that represent the rosary of the Annunciation. ''Angelic Salutation is widely regarded as Stoss' masterpiece.Burkhard (1935), p. 31 Mary and Gabriel are surrounded by a series of small angels, many of whom are ringing be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nürnberg St Lorenz Veit Stoß Engelsgruß
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 14th-largest city in Germany. On the Pegnitz (river), Pegnitz River (from its confluence with the Rednitz in Fürth onwards: Regnitz, a tributary of the Main (river), River Main) and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it lies in the Bavarian Regierungsbezirk, administrative region of Middle Franconia, and is the largest city and the unofficial capital of Franconia. Nuremberg forms with the neighbouring cities of Fürth, Erlangen and Schwabach a continuous conurbation with a total population of 800,376 (2019), which is the heart of the urban area region with around 1.4 million inhabitants, while the larger Nuremberg Metropolitan Region has approximately 3.6 million inhabitants. The city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
