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Mattielli-Statuen der Hofkirche

Mattielli Statues on the Court Church

Lorenzo and Francesco Mattielli
1739-52

Dresden / Mattielli-Statuen der Hofkirche

Description

78 sandstone statues, depicting 74 saints and four allegorical figures: Belief, Hope, Charity and Justice.

The saints are (in bold type, photographs here).

First floor

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St. Matthew (Matthäus)

St. John the Evangelist (Johannes)

St. Mark (Markus)

St. Luke (Lukas)

east side, flanking the main entrance the four evangelists

1-4. Matthew (Matthäus), John (Johannes), Mark (Markus) and Luke (Lukas)

St. Ambrose (Ambrosius von Mailand)

St. Augustine of Hippo (Augustinus von Hippo)

west side
5-6. Ambrose (Ambrosius von Mailand) and Augustine of Hippo (Augustinus von Hippo)
Second floor

St. Peter (Petrus)

St. Paul (Paulus)

in niches in of the tower
7-8. Peter (Petrus) and Paul (Paulus)

on the lower balustrade, surrounding the church

9-48. 40 statues, anti-clockwise starting from the tower

Bartholomew the Apostle / Bartholomäus (apostle)
James the Greater / Jakobus der Ältere (apostle)
Philip the Apostle / Philippus (apostle)
Jude the Apostle / Judas Thaddäus (apostle)
John the Baptist / Johannes der Täufer*
Apollonia
Anne / Anna
Thomas Aquinas / Thomas von Aquin*
Ignatius of Loyola / Ignatius von Loyola
Francis Xavier / Franz Xaver**

Francis Borgia / Franz von Borgia**
Jean-François Régis**
Raymond of Penyafort / Raimund von Penyafort**
Irene von Thessaloniki*
Barbara
Casimir / Kasimir
Stephen / Stephanus
Basil of Caesarea /Basilius der Große
Francis of Assisi / Franz von Assisi
Roch / Rochus von Montpellier

Rosalia
Anthony of Padua / Antonius von Padua
Vincent de Paul / Vinzens von Paul
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia / Wenzel von Böhmen
Florian / Florian von Lorch
Maria Magdalena
Agnes
Bernard of Clairvaux / Bernhard von Clairvaux
Venantius von Camerino
Lawrence of Rome / Laurentius von Rom*

John of Nepomuk / Johannes Nepomuk
Francis of Paola / Franz von Paola
Lucy / Lucia von Syrakus
Joseph / Josef
Catherine of Alexandria / Katharina von Alexandrien
Sebastian
Simon the Zealot / Simon Zelotes (apostle)
James the Less / Jakobus der Jüngere (apostle)
Thomas (apostle)
Andrew / Andreas (apostle)

Third floor on the upper balustrade, surrounding the church

49-66. 18 statues, anti-clockwise starting from the tower

Paulus von Theben / Paul of Thebes
Louis IX of France / Ludwig
Benedict of Nursia / Benedikt von Nursia
Clare of Assisi / Klara von Assisi
Magdalena de Pazzi / Maria Magdalena von Pazzi*
Benno of Meissen / Benno von Meißen**
Cecilia / Cäcilia**
Charles Borromeo / Karl Borromäus**
Leopold

George / Georg**
Felix of Cantalica / Felix von Cantalice**
Peter of Alcantara / Petrus von Alcantara*
Stanislaus Kostka
Teresa of Ávila / Teresa von Ávila
Dominic / Dominikus*
Aloysius Gonzaga / Aloysius von Gonzaga
Henry II / Heinrich II
Procopius of Sázava / Prokop

Tower, top level

67-74. 8 statues, anti-clockwise starting from the front
1. Stanislaus of Szczepanów / Stanislaus von Krakau
2. Norbert of Xanten / Norbert von Xanten
3. Augustine of Canterbury / Augustus von Canterbury (not sure)
4. John Chrysostom / Johannes Chrysostomus
5. Hubertus
6. Maurice / Mauritius
7. Ida von Toggenburg
8. Francis de Sales / Franz von Sales

* Copy of a completely destroyed statue - according to recent literature.
** According to Eberhard Hempel (1955) completely destroyed.
NB. Only the photographed statues are indexed.

Annotation

As king August III of Saxony was building the Hofkirche, a Catholic church in Dresden designed by the Roman Gaetano Chiavari, he commissioned Lorenzo Mattielli to provide the 78 statues for this church. After his death in 1748, his son Francesco finished the work of his father with the statues at the tower in 1752. Many statues were completely destroyed during the bombardment of Dresden on 13 February 1945. Their restoration and the new statues were finished in 2002.

Sculptor

Lorenzo Mattielli (Vicenza 1687-Dresden 1748), and his son Francesco Mattielli Italian sculptors, worked mostly nord of the Alps (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Liste der Mattielli-Statuen der Katholischen Hofkirche in Dresden.
Stadt- und Reiseführer für Dresden und Umland, Landeshauptstadt Dresden.

Locatie (N 51°3'12" - E 13°44'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desn015; Photograph: 21 January 2011
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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