Frangipani altar
The so-called Frangipani altar is in the parish church of St. Martin in Obervellach on the east side of the north chapel. The baroque, two-story columnar altar adorned with acanthus tendrils with a lower upper story was donated in 1692 by Johann Christoph Meischel and his wife Eva Rosina, née Himmelberger.
The altarpiece consists of three panels on which the holy clan , St. Christopher and St. Apollonia are depicted. The last two saints depicted on the side wings suggest the commissioner, the Imperial Field Captain Christoph Frangipani and his wife Apollonia Lang von Wellenburg. The figures of the holy clan on the central panel could also be portraits of members of the donor family.
The triptych was painted by 25-year-old Jan van Scorel in 1520 while traveling from Holland to Italy. It is the artist's earliest signed work.
The painting on the upper floor shows the baptism of Jesus and is represented by figures of St. Joseph on the left and the apostle John on the right flanked by about half life size.
Detail about the donors
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literature
- Claudia Fräss-Ehrfeld: History of Carinthia: The class epoch . Volume 2, J. Heyn, 1994, ISBN 9783853666852 , pp. 725, 772.
- Karl Hauser: The Obervellach market. In: Carinthia I. 73rd year, Klagenfurt 1883, p. 12 (altar painting by "Johannes Schoreel", PDF on ZOBODAT ).
- Heinz G .: Scorel Jan van. In: Kindler's Painting Lexicon, Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1976, p. 140, ISBN 3-423-05956-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review of: A. v. Jaksch: The Scorel Altarpiece in Obervellach and its donors. Reprinted separately from "Neue Carinthia", Volume II, 1890. In: Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft , Volume 13, Walter de Gruyter, 1968
Coordinates: 46 ° 55 ′ 58.9 ″ N , 13 ° 12 ′ 6.9 ″ E