Goldenes Rössl
The Goldene Rössl is the jewel of the Altötting treasury. It is a masterpiece of the Parisian goldsmith and enamel art of the 15th century and is one of the most precious art treasures in Europe with an insurance value in the millions. The work is 62 centimeters high, 45 centimeters wide and 27 centimeters deep.
history
The Goldene Rössl was born in 1404 on behalf of the French Queen Isabeau de Baviére , a Wittelsbach woman , as a New Year's present for her husband, King Charles VI. prepared. Shortly after its creation, it came into the possession of Isabeau's brother, Duke Ludwig the Bearded of Bavaria-Ingolstadt , as a pledge for a due annual pension . Finally, after the Ingolstadt line died out, the "Goldene Rössl" came into the possession of the Lower Bavarian dukes . These were given to Altötting in 1506 to settle war bonds for the Landshut War of Succession .
In 1801, during the secularization , the Rössl came to Munich , where it was supposed to be melted down. The destruction could be prevented. 20 years later it was brought back to Altötting. In 1921 two Berlin burglars tried to steal the work of art. They broke into the sacristy and filed down the horse and the groom. When they set off the alarm, the police came. In the subsequent exchange of fire, both intruders were wounded and one died.
From 1992 to 1995 the Goldene Rössl was extensively restored in the workshops of the Bavarian National Museum in Munich with expert advice and assistance from art historians from the Louvre in Paris , the British Museum in London and from Germany and Austria and returned after an exhibition in Munich in April 1995 back to its place in the treasury of the collegiate church of Altötting.
From March 22 to July 12, 2004, it was shown in the special exhibition Paris 1400 - Les arts sous Charles VI in the Louvre . In the exhibition "From Paris to Bavaria - the Goldene Rössl and masterpieces of French court art around 1400", the Altöttinger Stadtgalerie showed the Goldene Rössl from July 21 to September 24, 2006, together with exhibits from the Louvre in Paris.
When Pope Benedict XVI. the previous location of the Goldener Rössl, the treasury of the collegiate parish church of St. Philip and Jacob, converted into a prayer chapel in 2006, was expanded in 2008 with the construction of the Pope Benedict XVI house. - Treasury and pilgrimage museum started, where it has been kept since 2009.
description
In front of an arbor richly decorated with large rubies and sapphires as well as pearls , Mary with the baby Jesus is enthroned on a base structure decorated with fleurs-de-lys . Immediately in front of it, John the Baptist and John the Evangelist kneel , on the left of them St. Catherine of Alexandria , who receives a ring from Jesus as a reference to the "mystical engagement". In front of the base, on the left, King Charles VI kneels on a pillow. in a blue cloak, also richly decorated with fleurs-de-lys, opposite his chevalier with the ruler's helmet in his hands. The arbor rests on a flat vault supported by four thick columns, accompanied by two flanking stairs. Under the vault there is a saddled and richly bridled white horse, which is held by a groom. The arbor and all figurative representations are made of 24-carat gold. The thinly embossed figures are covered with enamel in the colors white, red, green and blue. The architecture of the basement is made of silver and fire-gilded .
literature
- Reinhold Baumstark (Ed.): Das goldene Rößl. A masterpiece of Parisian court art around 1400. Hirmer, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7774-6700-6 .
- Claudia Märtl : The Golden Rößl. In: Katharina Weigand, Jörg Zedler (Hrsg.): A Museum of Bavarian History. Herbert Utz Verlag, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-8316-4200-7 , pp. 173-192.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Goldenes Rössl on the homepage of the Diocese of Passau , accessed on September 12, 2014.