Lauber Madonna
The so-called Lauber Madonna (sometimes also: Madonna of Laub ) is a fully sandstone sculpture. It is named after its location in the Catholic branch church St. Nikolaus in the village of Laub (Prichsenstadt) and is considered an important example of late Gothic stone sculpture. As part of the church furnishings, the sculpture is a monument.
description
The well-life-size sandstone Madonna (height 185 cm) stands on the associated column, the capital of which shows the coat of arms of the supposed donor family Teufel. Posture, clothing and gestures represent the noble-knightly ideal of women in the High Middle Ages: bowed head, tight and high-belted robe, loose cloak and veil. The child, dressed in a body-length shirt, seems to float weightlessly on the statue's left arm. Turned at the hips, it turns towards the viewer, hands raised in a blessing position.
history
The statue was created in the early 14th century (around 1310) in a workshop in Würzburg . In 1590 she came to Laub from the Würzburg Franciscan Church for the prize of “2 Aimer Wein” . Because of the devil's coat of arms on the column capital, the figure was removed from the church in 1798. In 1856 the Madonna was brought back to the church without a column. The statue was given a neo-Gothic color, which was removed again in 1936.
literature
- Hans Bauer: The Kitzinger Land. Valuables, monuments, curiosities. Volume I , 1st edition, Volkach 2004, pages 100-104
- Karl Treutwein : From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim , 4th edition, Volkach 1987, pages 136-141
- Beatrize Söding : The group of three kings in Würzburg Cathedral - studies of high Gothic monumental sculpture in Germany at the turn of the 13th to 14th century , Hildesheim (among others) 1994
Individual evidence
- ↑ Corresponding to about 160 liters. Compare: Bauer, Hans: The Kitzinger Land . P. 102.