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Halberstadt
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Domplatz
(Dom St. Stephanus und St. Sixtus)

Heiligenstatuen und Tympanum an der Dom

Statues of Saints and Tympanum at the Cathedral

Medieval artist
c. 1270 and c. 1440

Halberstadt / Heiligenstatuen und Tympanum an der Dom

Description

On the north side of the cathedral is a portal with various sculptures and three statues on the buttresses.

North portal

Portal from around 1440 showing a relief of the Death of the Virgin Mary. Six apostles are standing next to Mary, they can be identified both by their attributes and by their names in the halo: from left to right James the Greater, Paul, John, Bartholomew, Peter and Andrew. In the upper register, Christ has already received the soul of Mary (in the form of a small child).

Halberstadt - Heiligenstatuen und Tympanum an der Dom
Next to the portal there are large round-arched closed reliefs depicting the martyrdom of the patron saints Stephen (left) and Sixtus (right), unfortunately very damaged.

Statues on Buttresses

Halberstadt - Heiligenstatuen und Tympanum an der Dom
Three unknown saints, dating from c. 1270.

Sculptor

Unknown medieval artist.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Dom zu Halberstadt.
Portale, Säulen und Kapitelle, Portale am Dom zu Halberstadt.
Inschriftenkatalog: Dom zu Halberstadt, Dom, Nordportal (no. 87).
Bildindex der Kunst & Architektur, Strebepfeilerfiguren unter Tabernakeln.

Locatie (N 51°53'46" - E 11°2'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desa107; Photograph: 30 August 2022
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Next to the portal there are large round-arched closed reliefs depicting the martyrdom of the patron saints Stephen (left) and Sixtus (right), unfortunately very damaged.