Protective coat figure
Saint Ursula as a protective mantle figure in the Church of St. Ursula (Cologne) (1465)
Protective mantle figure is an art-historical term for a special form of the representation of saints in Christian art . A protective cloak figure gives protection to other figures under their wide robes.
Above all, the Virgin Mary is traditionally represented as a protective mantle Madonna . The figures under her care can represent the Christian community. Often these are figures that represent the founder of the respective work of art.
As an iconographic attribute , this type of representation can also be found in Saint Ursula , under whose cloak her companions find protection.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article Schutzmantelmadonna , in: PW Hartmann: Das große Kunstlexikon
- ↑ Ursula protective coat figure on the pages of the Archdiocese of Cologne, accessed on February 26, 2019