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The Altarpiece Of The Exaltation Of The True Cross by Adam Elsheimer

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Adam Elsheimer: The Altarpiece of the Holy Cross  wikidata:Q64798848 reasonator:Q64798848
Artist
Adam Elsheimer  (1578–1610)  wikidata:Q310285
 
Adam Elsheimer
Alternative names
Adamo Tedesco; Adam Ehlsheimer; Adam Elzheimer
Description German painter, designer and visual artist
Date of birth/death 18 March 1578 Edit this at Wikidata 11 December 1610 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Frankfurt Rome
Work location
Munich, Venice, Rome
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q310285
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Title
German:
Der Frankfurter Kreuzaltar (Die Auffindung und Verherrlichung des Wahren Kreuzes)

The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Holy Cross
title QS:P1476,de:"Der Frankfurter Kreuzaltar (Die Auffindung und Verherrlichung des Wahren Kreuzes)"
label QS:Lde,"Der Frankfurter Kreuzaltar (Die Auffindung und Verherrlichung des Wahren Kreuzes)"
label QS:Len,"The Frankfurt Altarpiece of the Holy Cross"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
In the central panel the Glorification of the cross by the Saints, the prophets and the angele is shown. On the right, are the 4 the patriarchs including Moses, Abraham and King David. Jonas is sitting on the fish, looking up towards the cross, and St Catherine and Mary Magdalene are in a sisterly embrace. In the foreground is a disputation between St Sebastian and the 4 Fathers of the Church, Pope Gregory, St Jerome, St Ambrose and St Augustine, with the first Christian martyrs St Stephen and St Laurence.
Depicted people
Date between circa 1603 and circa 1605
date QS:P,+1603-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1603-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1605-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium oil on copper
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q753,P518,Q861259
(silvered)
Dimensions circa 133.6 × 107 cm (52.5 × 42.1 in); central panel: 48.5 × 35 cm (19 × 13.7 in)
institution QS:P195,Q163804
Accession number
2024, 2054, 2118, 2119, 2131, 2140, 2142
Object history central panel: 1950: acquired by Städel
Deutsch: bis 1980 werden die restlichen 6 Täfelchen nacheinander entdeckt und angekauft
Credit line Teileigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e. V.
References

Städel:History of the museum
Collection Highlights

Adam Elsheimer Gesellschaft e.V.
Google Cultural Institute
Source/Photographer TAE1mjxSM0ri8w — Google Arts & Culture
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