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Altar Sculpture in the Abbey Church of Amorbach, Vogue

Horst P. Horst1965-12-01

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Gilt and stucco representation of the Trinity, above the High Altar in the abbey church of Amorbach, Germany, against a gold sunburst beneath a blue and gold sculpted canopy flanked by putti. A carving of the coat of arms of the Princely House of Leiningen is mounted on the black marble archway below.
Sculpted in the mid 18th-Century by J.M. Feichtmayr and J.G. Ublhor of the Wessobrunner school.

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  • Title: Altar Sculpture in the Abbey Church of Amorbach, Vogue
  • Creator: Horst P. Horst
  • Date Created: 1965-12-01
  • Location Created: Amorbach, Germany
  • Provenance: Vogue, December 1, 1965
  • Photographer: Horst P. Horst
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