Fresco cycle of the Church of St. Wolfgang

The cycle of frescoes in the church of St. Wolfgang in Hünenberg in the canton of Zug describes the life and work of St. Wolfgang in two twelve fields . The pictures, painted using Secco technology , are integrated into the architecture of the church with gray lines.

history

The cycle was created by an unknown master in the second quarter of the 17th century. The wall paintings were rediscovered during the restoration of the Church of St. Wolfgang in 1909, but were covered again in the process. It was only during the restoration of the church between 1946 and 1949 that the cycle was exposed, restored and supplemented. It is in rather poor condition and has many defects. This was mainly because holes were made in the surface so that the plaster would adhere better than the pictures were covered. These pitfalls damaged some key parts of the cycle, so many additions had to be made. Due to a faulty restoration in 1949, extensive restoration had to be carried out again in 2009. The bump holes were filled with too coarse mortar and the retouching was done with non-reversible colors. It was also covered with a casein glaze at the end. However, the casein glaze created a very high surface tension and thus tore off the original color from the substrate. The additions from 1949 have also been separated more clearly. The additions are based on the Wolfgang cycle in the Saint-Loup chapel near Düdingen .

presentation

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  The fresco cycle on the north wall

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  The fresco cycle on the south wall

The story begins, in chronological order, with the top left picture on the north wall. The original tituli, i.e. the explanatory inscription, has been lost. Therefore, today's interpretation of the images is used, which is also based on the Wolfgang von Düdingen cycle.

Image no.	location	content	Remarks	image
1	North wall above, left outside	St. Wolfgang as bishop, with a church model and staff in front of the hermitage on Lake Wolfgang
2	North wall above, inside left	baptism
3	North wall above, right inside	The father gives Wolfgang to a priest for instruction
4th	North wall above, right outside	Arrival in Reichenau
5	North wall center, left outside	Disputation in the Trier Cathedral School
6th	North wall center, left inside	Dean in Trier
7th	North wall center, right inside	Farewell to my father before entering the Einsiedeln monastery
8th	North wall center, right outside	Ordination in Einsiedeln
9	North wall below, left outside	Wolfgang prays in church	probably with the apparition of Saint Otmar (unclear)
10	North wall below, inside left	Arrival in Regensburg	unsafe because badly destroyed
11	North wall below, right inside	Episcopal ordination	unsafe because badly destroyed
12	North wall below, right outside	St. Wolfgang with monks	probably St. Emmeram, Mondsee (unclear)
13	South wall above, left outside	Demons disrupt preaching of the holy
14th	South wall above, inside left	Wolfgang distributes gifts
15th	South wall above, right inside	Wolfgang builds a church
16	South wall above, right outside	Hunters find the hermit
17th	South wall center, left outside	Campaign in France
18th	South wall center, inside left	Wolfgang returns to Regensburg
19th	South wall center, right inside	Healing a Taken
20th	South wall center, right outside	Healing a cripple
21st	South wall below, left outside	Death of Wolfgang in Pupping
22nd	South wall below, inside left	Wolfgang before the emperor Heinrich, to whom he predicted the empire
23	South wall below, right outside	Feeding the poor
24	South wall below, right outside	A pilgrim prays in front of the picture of Wolfgang hanging on a tree	A note on the founding history of the Church (one in four)

literature

• From the series of Swiss Art Guides GSK (Series 55, No. 544); Josef Grünenfelder, St. Wolfgang Church in Hünenberg , 2nd revised edition 1993, ISBN 3-85782-544-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Restoration 2009; Gs no. 486, ace no. 184a restoration report; Tugium 25/2009 , pages 23-24 cited literature; KDM ZG NA. 2, 310-318