Altarpiece from Minden Cathedral; Coronation of the Virgin (Bode Museum, Berlin, Germany) : Detail, base (predella), small figures of saints in a shallow arcade with trefoil arches

Creator:

Unknown

Published/Created:

Museum Island, Bode Museum, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1220-1250 and ca. 1425 (inclusive)

Date Depicted:

4/27/2009

Materials:

wood (oak)

Notes:

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.

Variant Titles:

Coronation of the Virgin with the Apostles

Period/Style:

Gothic (Medieval)

Culture:

German

Accession Number:

7A3-M-BOM-AMC-A04

Genre:

altarpieces (AAT)
architecture (AAT)
sculpture (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

visual works; altarpieces; visual works; sculpture (visual work)

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Eight

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
4/27/2009 12:00:00 AM

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

Berlin, Germany: Bode-Museum

Local Record Number:

4654

OID:

10903993

PID:

digcoll:1833243