Holy Spirit Altar

Holy Spirit Altar 2015

Altar retable of the altar shrine with the pouring out of St. Mind. Mary (center) surrounded by 15 disciples crowned with tongues of fire.

The Holy Spirit Altar (also an altar shrine with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost ) in St. Michael in Schwäbisch Hall is a carved altar that was created around 1520.

description

The altarpiece shows the pouring out of St. Spirit at Pentecost . Mary sits in the middle surrounded by 15 disciples, all of whom are crowned with fiery tongues of the Holy Spirit. The dove of the Holy Spirit in the crown of the arch. The four wing reliefs show the entry into Jerusalem at the top left, the unbelieving Thomas at the top right , the Ascension of Christ at the bottom left and the death of Mary at the bottom right . The predella shows the Lord's Supper . The washing of the feet was formerly painted on the outside of a wing .

Predella of the reredos with St. Last supper

literature

• Eugen Gradmann : The art and antiquity monuments of the city and the Oberamt Schwäbisch-Hall . Paul Neff Verlag, Esslingen a. N. 1907, OCLC 31518382 , pp. 28-29 ( archive.org ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Carl Jäger: The St. Michaelis Church in Hall in Swabia. In: Morgenblatt für educated estates year 23, no. 271, 274 and 277: supplement Kunstblatt no. 91-93 of November 19, 1829, p. 371.

Web links

• Images of the altar