List of Mattielli statues in the Catholic Court Church in Dresden

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The Catholic Court Church, today Cathedral Ss. Trinity, in Dresden

Partly badly damaged statues of the outer balustrade in 1948

Degree of conservation: Partly supplemented (Teresa von Ávila), completely replaced (Dominic) and almost undamaged (Aloisius von Gonzaga), v. l. No.

The list of Mattielli statues in the Catholic Court Church in Dresden gives an overview of all the statues by Lorenzo Mattielli and his successor Francesco Mattielli that are placed on and on the Catholic Court Church .

History and background

The Catholic Court Church in Dresden - since 1980 Cathedral Ss. Trinity of the diocese of Dresden-Meißen and the parish church of the cathedral parish - was built free-standing from 1739 to 1754. Each side is designed as a show side, with the facade, the tower and the inner and outer balustrade bearing a total of 78 larger-than-life statues.

The persons depicted were selected by the Queen of Poland and Electress of Saxony Maria Josepha , the Italian Jesuit and court confessor Ignatius Guarini and the builder of the court church Gaetano Chiaveri . Male and female saints are depicted, including apostles, evangelists, church fathers, founders of orders and important Jesuits, but also patron saints of the Saxon, Bohemian, Habsburg and Polish areas as well as allegorical figures. The figures were related to one another, even if the layout concept can no longer be deciphered in every area at present.

The Italian sculptor Lorenzo Mattielli was commissioned to make the statues. He began work on the 3.50 meter high statues in 1738. In addition to himself, five other sculptors were active in his workshop. After Mattielli's death in 1748, the work was completed by his son Francesco Mattielli by 1752 - during these four years, the tower figures that were still missing were mainly created. All statues are made of Cotta sandstone from the Pirna region . Just as the church is assigned to the late baroque , the figures are no longer exclusively assigned to the baroque style, but already show echoes of antiquity and early classicism , even if the abundance of depictions "makes clear a pictorial program of baroque veneration of saints."

According to current information, 16 statues were completely destroyed and 18 seriously damaged during the bombing of Dresden in February 1945. Numerous other statues showed minor damage. Eberhard Hempel recorded only nine completely destroyed statues in 1955. From 1961 to 1972 the damaged statues were restored. From 1968 to 2002, the destroyed figures were replaced by true-to-original copies. After 2002, other, now unstable, statues on the tower were replaced by copies.

Not all statues are visible to the naked eye, but this is by design.

The statues have different sizes, depending on their location. The figures of the lower balustrade are approx. 3.5 m high, those of the upper balustrade around 3 m and the tower figures around 2.5 m high.

“The abundance of witnesses should give [the Catholic] courage and encourage him. In a non-Catholic environment, these saints, who came from different centuries, peoples and nations, proclaimed the universality of the Catholic Church. It was also the task of the saints to lead people into the interior of the church. "

- Siegfried Seifert , 1990.

Arrangement concept

Position of the individual figures on a schematic overview

The layout concept of the statues is no longer fully recognizable today. The four evangelists are arranged in niches on both sides of the main portal: John and Matthew on the left, Mark and Luke on the right . In the spiritual hierarchy, the evangelists John and Matthew are also apostles - the line of apostles is continued on the outer balustrade above the main portal: Andreas , Thomas , James the Younger and Simon the Zealot are lined up on the left of the tower , while the apostles Bartholomew and James are on the right the Elder , Philip and Judas Thaddaeus .

The church tower rises above both rows of apostles, in whose niches the “princes of the apostles” Peter and Paul are located. In the ground floor niches on the south and north-west side there are two church fathers, Ambrosius and Augustine , who together with the apostles in a figurative sense form the “foundation” of the church in general and of this church in particular: “The testimony of the Fathers and teachers of the Church. ”Together with the princes of the apostles, the three divine virtues of faith, hope and love as well as the cardinal virtue of righteousness are found in allegorical form on the church tower.

Around the table of the church tower, the Latin inscription “God the Most High has this holy temple Augustus III. built 1754 ”, statues were set to which the founder Friedrich August II. had a special relationship: Ida von Toggenburg and Hubertus von Lüttich , whom the passionate hunter Friedrich August II. particularly adored, Augustus as the namesake of the Elector and Norbert von Xanten and Stanislaus of Krakow as the patron saint of Saxony and Poland.

Following the apostles of the outer balustrade, references can only be made to a limited extent. On the outer balustrade on both sides - northwest and southeast - the statues of Simon and Judas Thaddäus are joined by the couples Sebastian and John the Baptist (martyrs, patrons of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation), Katharina and Apollonia (patron saints of the Saxon and those of the Polish lands) and Anna and Joseph of Nazareth (grandmother and foster father Jesus, patron saints of the Saxon mining industry). After the patron saints of the general church are those of the empire, then those of the states and then with Anna and Josef those of the Saxon mining industry in the Ore Mountains .

The further arrangement of the founders of the order, Jesuits and martyrs, among others, takes place without any recognizable order. It is striking, however, that the saints who were posted above the sacrament chapel of the church - including Florian von Lorch , Maria Magdalena , Rosalia and Rochus von Montpellier - were particularly venerated by the electoral house.

Legend

• Image : shows a photo of the statue
• Name : gives the sitter's name, a star indicates that it is a copy of a figure that has been completely destroyed according to current literature, another star marks the nine statues of the 16, which according to Hempel (1955) were completely destroyed
• Property / meaning : gives background information on the figure shown and, if available, its special meaning for the Saxon Electoral House, property and meaning are separated by a slash in the box
• Description : describes the appearance of the statue and its attributes
• Location : gives the position of the statue on the church and the coordinates of the statue

The list is partly sortable. The basic order of the list is alphabetical.

List of Mattielli statues

image	Surname	Property / meaning	description	location
	Agnes	Martyr, patron saint of virgins, betrothed and chastity / patron saint of Klosterneuburg near Vienna (Habsburg burial place)	has raised her left arm, in her right arm she is holding a palm tree, she looks up, at her side a lamb . The figure was replaced by a copy in 2001. Only the lamb is still original. The original figure is now, supplemented by plaster parts, in the vestibule of the main entrance of the church.	outer balustrade location
	Aloisius of Gonzaga	Jesuit, patron of chastity	holds a book in his left hand and a lily he is looking at is wearing a religious dress	inner balustrade location
	Ambrose of Milan	Father of the Church, Bishop of Milan	in the bishop's robe, looking up to the left, holding the bishop's staff on the right, the left hand outstretched, next to him a small putto holding his miter on a beehive	Ground floor location
	Andreas	Apostle, martyr	leans on the St. Andrew's cross , which he grips with his left hand, looking up at the sky	outer balustrade location
	Anna	Mother of Mary  / patron saint of the Saxon mining industry ( Annaberg )	pointing down with his right hand, an open book in his left hand, wearing a wrinkled robe and a head veil	outer balustrade location
	Anthony of Padua	Franciscan, theologian	looks down to the right, holds a book in his left hand and a lily stem in his right arm, wears the traditional costume of the Franciscans	outer balustrade location
	Apollonia	Martyr, patron saint of the Polish territories	holding a pair of pliers in the raised right hand, grasping a fold of the cloak with the left hand, cloak over light robe	outer balustrade location
	Augustine of Hippo	Church father, bishop	in bishop's robe, looking down to the left, holding a crook on the left, his miter lying next to him on the right , a putto with a spoon in his hand on the left	Ground floor location
	Augustus of Canterbury (uncertain)	Bishop, namesake of Friedrich August II.	he has put his left hand on his heart, his right hand is outstretched, he is wearing a short skirt and a coat; the missing episcopal attributes and the ancient secular clothing can hardly be reconciled with Bishop Augustus of Canterbury	Tower, 3rd floor location
	Barbara	Martyr, one of the fourteen helpers in need  / patroness of various Habsburg provinces, patroness of the fortifications (see Brühlsche Terrasse not far from the Catholic Court Church)	looks down, holds the end of a coat and a palm branch in his left hand, the right hand is propped up on the shattered tower. The figure was damaged during the bombing of Dresden in 1945. Parts of the robe were added and the head recreated.	outer balustrade location
	Bartholomew	Apostle, martyr	striding, right arm raised, holding a knife in the left hand	outer balustrade location
	Basil the Great	Doctor of the Church, Bishop, one of the three holy hierarchs	kneeling with his right leg on a rock, arms outstretched, next to the book and a miter with Inful , himself in priestly robes	outer balustrade location
	Benedict of Nursia	Monastery founder ( Benedictine ), founder of Christian monasticism in the west	the right hand points to the sky, the left hand holds a cross, he is dressed in religious costume	inner balustrade location
	Benno of Meissen **	Bishop, patron saint of Saxony	leans on the crook with his left hand, has raised his right hand slightly, looks to the left at the ground, wears the bishop's costume; the figure was almost completely destroyed in 1945; today's copy is from the 1980s	inner balustrade location
	Bernhard of Clairvaux	Important abbot of the Cistercians, crusade preacher and mystics  / patron of Burgundy and Genoa	with the right hand leaning on the abbot's staff, holding a book in the left hand, wearing a wide robe	outer balustrade location
	Cecilia **	Martyr, patroness of church music	Turning to the right, holding a palm in his left arm, pointing with his right hand to the organ that is on her left, wearing a billowing coat; the figure was destroyed in 1945; today's copy dates from the 1990s and, unlike the original, does not have a martyr's branch on the left side behind the organ	inner balustrade location
	Caritas	Virtue of love	leaning on her right arm, in her left hand a burning heart that she looks at	Tower, 1st floor position
	Dominic *	Founder of the Dominican Order of Preachers	in his left hand he is holding a book, his right hand slightly raised, at his side a dog with a burning torch in its mouth: the figure was replaced by a copy in the 1990s due to its extremely poor condition. The supplemented original figure (without dog) is now in the stable courtyard of the Dresden Palace in the entrance area of ​​the Georgenbau.	inner balustrade location
	Felix of Cantalice **	Capuchin	leaning to the right, holding a begging sack in his right hand that hangs over his shoulder, wearing the capuchin robe with a rosary in his belt; the figure was destroyed up to its head in 1945 (today stored in the lapidary); today's copy probably dates back to the 1970s, but was not put on until the mid-1980s	inner balustrade location
	Fides	Virtue of faith	Robe and veil, a cross in the right hand and a goblet in the left	Tower, ground floor location
	Florian von Lorch	Martyr, patron saint of the fire brigade / patron saint of the Archduchy of Austria	pours water from a kettle onto a burning house with the right hand, holds a flag on the left, dressed in the costume of a Roman warrior with helmet and armor	outer balustrade location
	Francis of Assisi	Founder of the Franciscan Order	holds a cross in his left hand, looks at it, his right hand lowered and holding a skull, a rosary in his belt that holds his monk's robe together	outer balustrade location
	Francis of Borgia **	Jesuit, patron saint against earthquakes / especially venerated as a Jesuit by the founders	Looking down to the left, is bareheaded in the Jesuit robes, the left hand points to heaven, the right hand grasps the cloak; the figure was destroyed in 1945, the current copy is from the 1990s	outer balustrade location
	Franz von Paola	Founder of the Paulaner Order  / valued as the patron saint of the descendants in the Electoral House, patron of the Habsburg province of Calabria	walking to the left, his right hand is stretched out, he is holding a pilgrim's staff in his left hand, he is looking up at the sky, he is wearing a minorite robe, the words Charitas in a halo on his chest	outer balustrade location
	Francis de Sales	Founder of the Order of the Visitation of Mary , Bishop of Geneva, Patron Saint a. a. of the Catholic journalists /  Friedrich August II. came to power as Elector of Saxony on the day of the saint's remembrance	holds a palm in his left arm, the right hand is stretched out preaching, wearing a priestly robe with a long cloak; During the last restoration in the 1990s, the head was replaced by a copy	Tower, 3rd floor location
	Franz Xaver **	Co-founder of the Jesuits, one of the first Christian missionaries in Asia, patron saint of missionaries / particularly venerated as a Jesuit by the founders	holds a pilgrim's staff in his left hand, opens his pilgrim's robe over his chest with his right hand, his hat hangs on his back; the figure was destroyed in 1945, the current copy is probably from the 1960s; unlike the original, it lacks the scallop shell, the symbol of the pilgrims, on the left breast	outer balustrade location
	George **	Martyr, is one of the fourteen helpers  / patron saint of Saxony	holds a lance with both hands and stabs the dragon with it, he is dressed in the costume of Roman knights with helmet, armor and cloak; the figure was destroyed in 1945, the current copy is probably from the 1960s or 1970s and was put back in the 1980s	inner balustrade location
	Henry II	Roman-German Emperor  / related to the Electoral House	turned to the left, right hand supported on the side, in the left hand the general staff, clad in the emperor's robe, wearing a laurel wreath	inner balustrade location
	Hubertus of Liege	Bishop, patron saint of hunting / Friedrich August II. Was known for his passion for hunting and therefore particularly adored him	leaning on a hunting spear on the right, holding the horn on the left , wearing a short hunting coat; the figure was replaced by a copy in 2007; the original is in the entrance hall of Hubertusburg Castle in Wermsdorf	Tower, 3rd floor location
	Ida from Toggenburg	Friedrich August II was known for his passion for hunting and therefore particularly adored her	Leaning to the right, next to her a deer : the left arm was replaced during the last restoration in the 1990s	Tower, 3rd floor location
	Ignatius of Loyola	Co-founder of the Jesuit order / especially venerated as a Jesuit by the founders	looks to the left, his right hand is on a book he is holding in his left hand, wearing a chasuble; the figure was almost completely destroyed in 1945; today's partial copy is probably from the 1960s, with the face being designed after the death mask of the saint	outer balustrade location
	Irene of Thessaloniki *	Martyr / patroness of Lecce in Calabria , the hometown of Ignatius Guarini	looks up at the sky, the right hand with the key is raised, the left hand points to the flame rising next to her, by her side on a pedestal book and palm tree; the figure was destroyed in 1945, today's copy dates from the 1990s and was accidentally made approx. 50 cm smaller, which can also be seen very well from below	outer balustrade location
	Justice	Virtue of justice	a sword in his right hand, a scepter in his left	Tower, ground floor location
	James the Elder	Apostle, martyr	Turning to the right, he holds a book in his left hand and a staff in his right hand. On the right side of the chest he wears his attribute, the scallop shell.	outer balustrade location
	James the Younger	Apostle, martyr	supports himself with his left hand on a fuller bar, right hand points to the ground	outer balustrade location
	John	Evangelist, apostle	in a long robe and cloak, looking to the right, holding a feather on the right and a book on the left, the eagle at his side	Ground floor location
	John Chrysostom	Doctor of the Church, Archbishop, one of the three holy hierarchs	Both hands raised to the right in prayer, clad in a choir skirt with alb and stole , with a miter at his side.	Tower, 3rd floor location
	Jean François Régis **	Jesuit, missionary / especially venerated as a Jesuit by the founders	raises a cross with his right hand and looks at the open book in his left hand, wearing a choir shirt and stole; the figure was destroyed in 1945, the current copy is from the 1990s	outer balustrade location
	Johannes Nepomuk	Martyr, priest / patron saint of Habsburg Bohemia	Both hands hold a crucifix and a palm tree that he is looking at, he is wearing a choir shirt and a canon collar	outer balustrade location
	John the Baptist *	Martyr, one of the central figures of Christianity / patron of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation	looking to the right at the ground, holding a staff in the right hand, pointing up with the left hand, a lamb at his side	outer balustrade location
	Joseph of Nazareth	Patron saint of the Catholic Church, (foster) father of Jesus Christ / patron saint of the Saxon mining industry ( Jöhstadt = Josefsstadt)	holds a staff in his right hand, his left hand is raised, he wears pursed trousers and a wrinkled robe, and over it a cloak	outer balustrade location
	Jude Squidward	Apostle, martyr	grabs a club with the right hand, the left hand points to the sky, the gaze goes to the right to the ground	outer balustrade location
	Charles Borromeo **	Archbishop of Milan, cardinal, counter-reformer / was venerated by Maria Josepha (the Karlskirche was built in his hometown Vienna )	has raised his right hand in blessing, lightly grasps his cloak with his left hand, wears the costume of a cardinal, his hat lies next to him; The figure was destroyed in 1945, today's copy is from the 1980s and differs from the original in the design of the face (the saint was originally depicted with a full beard)	inner balustrade location
	Casimir	Son of Casimir IV Jagiełło  / patron saint of Poland	in Sarmatian princely costume with ermine and fur hat , points to the crown and scepter lying next to him: the figure was damaged in 1945, so that parts of the robe and the head had to be recreated	outer balustrade location
	Catherine of Alexandria	Martyr, one of the fourteen helpers in need , patron saint of schools / patron saints of the Saxon lands	Holding sword and olive branch in her right hand, the left hand points to heaven, the left foot stands on a piece of her wheel, she wears noble clothes	outer balustrade location
	Clare of Assisi	Foundress of the order of the Poor Clares , patron saint of television	turned to the left, a monstrance in her left hand , which she is looking at, the right hand is outstretched, wearing a Poor Clare robe with a veil; the figure was damaged in 1945, parts of the robe and the left hand were added in the 1990s	inner balustrade location
	Lawrence of Rome *	Martyr, patron saint of Spain, patron of the former diocese of Merseburg	in the left hand holding the grate and a palm branch, the right hand points to heaven, in the deacon's robe with rich embroidery; the figure was damaged in 1945 and replaced by a copy in 2001; the original figure is today, supplemented by plaster, in the vestibule of the main entrance to the church	outer balustrade location
	Leopold	Provincial patron saint of Lower and Upper Austria	holding a model of a church in his left arm, his left hand resting on a shield, wearing a princely regalia with armor and helmet; The figure was only slightly damaged in 1945 and was the only one to be preserved in this area. In the 1960s, the head was replaced and parts of the robe were added	inner balustrade location
	Lucia of Syracuse	Martyr, patroness of various Spanish-Habsburg provinces	holding a bowl in the right hand with two eyes in it, the left hand embracing the tip of a coat and a palm	outer balustrade location
	Ludwig	King of France / related to the Electoral House	holds the scepter in his left hand, the right hand is slightly raised, he is wearing the royal costume, his crown lies next to him	inner balustrade location
	Luke	evangelist	Head turned to the right, a feather in the right hand, the left arm leaning on a board, at his side the bull	Ground floor location
	Mary Magdalene	Disciple of Jesus Christ	leaning on a tree trunk on the right, glancing at the cross held in front of him, with an ointment box at her side	outer balustrade location
	Maria Magdalena of Pazzi *	Discalced Carmelite / patron saint of the Kingdom of Naples, whose Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony was from 1738	turned to the right, raised a cross with both hands, wears the costume of a nun with a veil and a crown of thorns; The figure was badly damaged in 1945 and remained in this condition until the 1980s, around 1987 it was replaced by a copy, the original figure is in the lapidary	inner balustrade location
	Markus	Evangelist, martyr	Turning to the left, he holds a writing tablet in his left arm and a quill in his right hand, with his lion at his side	Ground floor location
	Matthew	Evangelist, apostle, martyr	Turning to the left, holding a pen on the right, the left hand is raised, a scroll falls over the left knee, next to him his attribute, a winged person in the shape of a putto	Ground floor location
	Mauritius	martyr	is turned to the left, holds the palm on the left, the right hand is slightly raised, wears a short skirt and coat; the figure was replaced by a copy in 2007; the original is in the entrance hall of Hubertusburg Castle in Wermsdorf	Tower, 3rd floor location
	Norbert von Xanten	Founder of the Order of the Premonstratensians , Archbishop of Magdeburg , patron saint of Saxony,	in bishop's robe, holds the monstrance in his right hand and raises a host in his left hand, and on his left the miter on a pedestal	Tower, 3rd floor location
	Paul	Apostle, martyr	turning to the left, right hand raised, left hand resting on his sword, wide cloak	Tower, 1st floor position
	Paul of Thebes	Hermit, patron saint of basket and mat weavers	depicted as a hermit, his hands are raised in prayer, he is leaning against a tree trunk on which an open book is lying, naked except for a loincloth	inner balustrade location
	Peter	Apostle, martyr	turning to the right, holding the open book on the left, grasping his robe on the right	Tower, 1st floor position
	Peter of Alcantara *	Franciscan order reformer, mystic	has raised his hands in preaching, wears the Franciscan costume; the figure was destroyed in 1945; today's copy is from the 1980s	inner balustrade location
	Philip	Apostle, martyr	looks to the left, holds a staff in his right hand and a closed book in his left hand	outer balustrade location
	Procopius	Hermit, founder of the Sázava monastery , abbot / Czech patron saint	raises a cross with his right hand against the dragon at his feet, bareheaded	inner balustrade location
	Raimund of Penyafort **	Master of the Dominican order, patron saint of the canons	looks at the cross in his hands, wears a long priestly robe; The figure was destroyed in 1945 and replaced by the current copy in 2001: It only resembles the original figure in terms of its posture and was otherwise created without a template, making it the copy of the entire range of figures that is least based on the original	outer balustrade location
	Rochus of Montpellier	Patron saint of plague sufferers and domestic animals	striding, holding the pilgrim's staff on the left, in the pilgrim's dress, which he lifts from his thigh with his right hand, his dog next to him, on his pilgrim's bag you can see the initials "LM", which means that Mattielli created this figure himself	outer balustrade location
	Rosalia	Patron saint against plague and disease, patron saint of Palermo	left arm leaning on rock, holding a crucifix in both hands , at which she is looking, a rosary in her hair, left breast and arms bared	outer balustrade location
	Sebastian	Martyr, soldier, patron saint of plague sufferers / patron saint of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation	Sinking forward, his hands are tied to a tree trunk behind his back, he is naked, only his hips are covered by a cloth	outer balustrade location
	Simon Zelotes	Apostle, martyr	supports himself with his right hand on his saw, the left hand holds a corner of his coat, during the last restoration in the 1990s the head was replaced by a copy	outer balustrade location
	Spes	Virtue of hope	turned to the left, grasping an anchor end with the right hand	Tower, 1st floor position
	Stanislaus of Cracow	Martyr, Bishop of Cracow / patron saint of Poland	in the bishop's robe, head upright, right hand raised in prayer, left hand outstretched, right behind him an open book	Tower, 3rd floor location
	Stanislaus Kostka	Jesuit, Polish national patron	Turning to the right, he has stretched out his right hand, holds a lily stem in his left hand and grasps his cloak, wearing the costume of the Jesuits	inner balustrade location
	Stephen	Martyr, patron saint of Vienna and Hungary and the Saxon diocese of Halberstadt	Turning to the left, his right hand holds stones and a lily in his deacon's robe, the left hand is raised; the figure was damaged in 1945, so that the head and parts of the robe had to be reattached	outer balustrade location
	Teresa of Ávila	Founder of the Teresian Carmel , a reform branch of the Carmelites, mystic / patroness of Spain	turned to the left, points to the right with both hands, has an arrow in his heart, wears a nun's dress	inner balustrade location
	Thomas	Apostle, martyr	looks down, holds a lance in his right hand	outer balustrade location
	Thomas Aquinas *	Doctors of the Church, Dominicans	Holding a book and pen in his right hand, pointing to heaven with his left hand, wearing a Dominican robe with the sunshine on it; the figure was badly damaged in 1945; the preserved torso was only removed in 2000, the figure restored and replaced in 2001: new parts added included the head, the entire upper body, the entire left arm, the right hand with book and parts of the garment	outer balustrade location
	Venantius of Camerino	martyr	turning to the left, grasping his sword with his right hand, holding a staff in his left hand, wearing the costume of a Roman warrior with armor and cloak; Due to the attributes, it is possible that it is the Roman knight and martyr Venantius from Umbria , who was executed around 250	outer balustrade location
	Vincent de Paul	Founder of the Lazarists and the Cooperative of the Daughters of Christian Love of St. Vincent de Paul , patron saint of Christian charity	holding a burning heart on the left, the right hand pointing away, wearing a rochette and stole, a half-naked boy kneeling in front of him, touching him	outer balustrade location
	Wenceslaus of Bohemia	Martyr, Bohemian Duke / Bohemian and Czech national saints	Turning to the left, he holds the palm in his right hand and a scroll in his left hand, dressed in armor with an ermine and crown and sword, the Bohemian lion can be seen on his robe	outer balustrade location

literature

• Dompfarramt der Dresden Cathedral (ed.): The Mattielli statues of the Catholic Court Church Dresden. Leaflet. Hille, Dresden 1995.
• Cornelius Gurlitt : Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the Kingdom of Saxony. Issue 21 to 23: City of Dresden . CC Meinhold & Sons, Dresden 1903, pp. 213-221.
• The statues by Lorenzo Mattielli. In: Siegfried Seifert : Catholic Court Church Dresden . Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1990, pp. 8-11.
• The statues by Lorenzo Mattielli . In: Siegfried Seifert, Clemens Ullmann (ed.): 250 years of the Catholic Court Church Dresden, cathedral of the diocese of Dresden-Meißen . benno, Leipzig 2000, ISBN 3-7462-1392-4 , pp. 24-27.
• Siegfried Seifert: The image program of the Catholic Court Church in Dresden, Cathedral of the Diocese of Dresden-Meißen. In: Federal Ministry for Science and Research of the Republic of Austria (Ed.): Ecclesia Triumphans Dresdensis . Tusch, Vienna 1988, pp. 15-20.

Web links

Commons : Statues at the Hofkirche (Dresden)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The statues by Lorenzo Mattielli . In: Siegfried Seifert , Clemens Ullmann (ed.): 250 years of the Catholic Court Church Dresden, cathedral of the diocese of Dresden-Meißen. benno, Leipzig 2000, p. 24.
2. ^ Dompfarramt der Dresden Cathedral: The Mattielli statues of the Catholic Court Church Dresden . Hille, Dresden 1995.
3. ↑ The statues by Lorenzo Mattielli . In: Siegfried Seifert, Clemens Ullmann (ed.): 250 years of the Catholic Court Church Dresden, cathedral of the diocese of Dresden-Meißen. benno, Leipzig 2000, p. 27.
4. ↑ ^{a b} The statues by Lorenzo Mattielli . In: Siegfried Seifert: Catholic Court Church Dresden . Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1990, p. 10.
5. ↑ See sketch in: Eberhard Hempel: Gaetano Chiaveri. The architect of the Catholic Court Church in Dresden. Jess, Dresden 1955.
6. ↑ The statues by Lorenzo Mattielli . In: Siegfried Seifert: Catholic Court Church Dresden . Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1990, p. 11.
7. ↑ Original: "DOM sacr. hanc aedem Augustus III. condidit MDCCLIV "
8. ↑ While the cathedral parish office identifies the statue standing between Ida and Hubertus as "Mauritius", Seifert describes him as Eustachius , the patron saint of hunters. See Seifert: Das Bildprogramm ... , p. 17.
9. ↑ ^{a b} Georg Dehio (Ed.): Handbook of German Art Monuments. Dresden . Updated edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich and Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03-110-3 , p. 24.
10. ^ According to: Mattielli's holy figures of the court church . In: Johannes Derksen: A house full of glory . St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1963, p. 594.
11. ↑ According to Eberhard Hempel, this statue is not Paulus of Thebes, but Prokop. See sketch in: Eberhard Hempel: Gaetano Chiaveri. The architect of the Catholic Court Church in Dresden . Jess, Dresden 1955.
12. ↑ According to Eberhard Hempel, this statue is not Prokop, but Magnus von Füssen . See sketch in: Eberhard Hempel: Gaetano Chiaveri. The architect of the Catholic Court Church in Dresden . Jess, Dresden 1955.
13. ^ Siegfried Seifert: The image program of the Catholic Court Church in Dresden, Cathedral of the Diocese of Dresden-Meißen . In: Federal Ministry for Science and Research of the Republic of Austria (Ed.): Ecclesia Triumphans Dresdensis . Tusch, Vienna 1988, p. 17.

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