COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
Doors from Hildesheim, Germany [electrotype reproduction]
Alternate Title:
Reproduction of Bernward Doors
Image View:
Overall view
Creator:
after unknown (German sculptor); Messrs Giovanni Franchi and Sons (British reproduction firm, active ca. 1850-1900)
Location:
repository: Victoria and Albert Museum [South Kensington] (London, England, United Kingdom) 1874-44
Date:
ca. 1874 (creation)
Cultural Context:
British; German
Style Period:
Nineteenth century
Work Type 1:
replica
Work Type 2:
door
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
electrotyped metal, patinated
Technique:
electroforming
Measurements:
488 x 244 cm (width)
Relation Work:
part of Victoria and Albert Museum Cast Courts
Subjects:
animals; cycles or series; New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; lion headed door handles
Description:
The doors are decorated with (on the left, top to bottom) representations of the Creation of Eve, the Presentation of Eve to Adam, the Temptation, the Fall, the Expulsion, the Labours of Adam and Eve, the Sacrifice of Abel and Cain, the Murder of Abel, (on the right, top to bottom) the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi, the Presentation to Simeon, Christ before Pilate, the crucifixion, the Maries at the Sepulchre, and Christ appearing to St. Mary Magdalen. The doors were made at the order of St. Bernward, Bishop of Hildesheim (993-1022) and set up by him in 1015 in St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim. His successor, St. Godehard, removed them to the Cathedral. Source: V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) [website]; http://www.vam.ac.u…
Image Description:
The left hand panels are scenes of the Old Testament, the right hand panels are the Life of Christ.
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Four
Identifier:
7A3-RE-VA-PG-B7
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Doors from Hildesheim, Germany [electrotype reproduction]
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