Schöllenbach Altarpiece

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The Schöllenbacher Altar is a late Gothic carved winged altar that is part of the art collection in Erbach Castle in Erbach in the Odenwald .

description

In the shrine of the altar there is a fully carved family tree of Christ, a so-called Root Jesse . The reliefs on the inside of the wings show scenes from the life of Mary.

On the outside of the wing there was originally a large figure of the Annunciation , but most of it has been lost. On the back of the predella , Veronica's handkerchief , which is also only preserved in fragments, is shown. The year 1515 is also attached here.

Creation and shipment history

The altar was donated in 1515 for the pilgrimage church in Schöllenbach by Count Eberhard VIII von Erbach and his wife Maria von Wertheim . Due to the decline in pilgrimage after the introduction of the Reformation in the county of Erbach in 1560, the church fell into disrepair, which also caused the altar to suffer. That is why the Count of Erbach had the altar brought to the cemetery church in Erbach at the beginning of the 17th century. In 1872 Count Eberhard bought the altar for 500 guilders from the community for his art collection. For the installation of the altar, a small room in the castle was converted into a Hubertus chapel. But the room is so small that the altar could only be placed directly on the floor along the long wall, without the cafeteria . For this re-arrangement, flaws in color were painted over. Paint was also applied again in the 20th century.

From 2006 to 2010 the altar was in the restoration workshop of the State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse . There the additions from the 20th century have been removed. Since the original color substance from the 16th century was too small to be able to base a complete reconstruction on it, the color scheme of the 19th century was used as a basis. After the restoration was completed, the altar has been on display again in the Hubertus Chapel in Erbach Castle since August 2010.

literature

  • Christiane Haeseler: Because it is a rare piece in its size and everything is heavily gold-plated ... In: Denkmalpflege und Kulturgeschichte (Ed .: Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen ), 4/2010, pp. 2–8.
  • Elsbeth de Weerth: The Schöllenbacher Wurzel Jesse Altar. Examination of content and meaning (master's thesis). Frankfurt 1982.
  • Elsbeth de Weerth: The Schöllenbacher root Jesse retable . In: Art in Hessen and on the Middle Rhine, NF 1 (2005), pp. 77–92.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christiane Haeseler: The Schöllenbacher altar in the restoration workshop of the state office . State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hessen: Preservation of Monuments & Cultural History , Issue 4, Wiesbaden 2006, ISSN  1436-168X , p. 35f.
  2. ^ Christiane Haeseler: Schöllenbacher Altar is being restored . The Preservation of Monuments, Volume 65, Issue 1 (2007), ISSN  0947-031X , pp. 74f.
  3. ↑ Restored for four years. Schöllenbacher Altar again in the Odenwald. FAZ.NET, August 25, 2011, accessed on February 3, 2011 (report with images of the altar and the restoration work).

Coordinates: 49 ° 39 ′ 25.8 "  N , 8 ° 59 ′ 33"  E