Annunciation Window (Münster Ingolstadt)
The Annunciation window in the minster in Ingolstadt ( Bavaria ) was created in 1527 by Hans Wertinger from Landshut . The lead glass window in the central axis of the choir was donated by the Bavarian dukes Wilhelm and Ludwig . It represents the announcement of the Lord . It is possible that the " English greeting " by Veit Stoss in the St. Lorenz Church in Nuremberg served as a model for the glass window.
description
The Annunciation takes place in a wreath of white roses. The angel Gabriel approaches, striding from the right, his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing , in his left a scepter as a sign of his authority. A lettering above his head contains his greeting AVE GRATIA PLENA DOMINUS TECUM ( Lk 1.28 EU ). Maria, in a blue dress with a white throw, is standing on the left, an open book in her hand, in which she is reading. She is taller than the angel so he looks up at her. A gold nimbus disk hovers behind her head . Putti wear the cloak of Mary and the smoke cloak of the Archangel. Above the banner, but inside the wreath of roses, you can see God the Father, against a golden background, looking at Mary, below the dove of the Holy Spirit , from which a bundle of rays emanates in the direction of Mary's womb. At the bottom, the donors kneel in knight armor, next to them the Bavarian coat of arms can be seen.
literature
- Siegfried Hofmann and Johannes Meyer: The Minster of the Beautiful Our Lady in Ingolstadt . 4th edition, Ingolstadt 1997, pp. 28-29. (without ISBN)
- Suzanne Bäumler: The Ingolstadt Minster To the Beautiful Our Lady . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin and Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-02187-7 , p. 65.
Coordinates: 48 ° 45 ′ 51.5 " N , 11 ° 25 ′ 11.7" E