Pietà (Ammerschwihr)

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Pietà in Ammerschwihr

The sculpture Pietà in the Catholic Church of St-Martin in Ammerschwihr , a French commune in the Haut-Rhin department of the Grand Est region , was created in the 18th century. In 1982 the baroque Pietà was classified as a Monument historique .

The colored and gilded wooden Pietà is 1.10 meters high. It shows Mary on her knees with the body of Jesus , whose right arm falls perpendicular to the ground. Maria is bent slightly forward, she wears a long and wide dress with many folds and a veil on her head that falls far over her back.

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Haut-Rhin. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-84234-036-1 , p. 663.

Web links

Commons : St-Martin (Ammerschwihr)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vierge à l'Enfant in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 48 ° 7 ′ 38 ″  N , 7 ° 16 ′ 54 ″  E