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Znamenje s kipom Matere Božje

Column with statue of the Mother of God

The mother of Jesus Christ
(Wikipedia)

Attributed to
Veit Königer
1771

Slovenska Bistrica / Znamenje s kipom Matere Božje

Description

Column with a gilded statue of Virgin Mary Immaculate.

Inscription(s)

S.
VIRGO
VIRGINIUM
OPN
1771

Marian, Holy Trinity and Plague Columns (Mariensäule, Dreifaltigkeitssäule, Pestsäule)

Marian and Holy Trinity columns are religious monuments with a statue of Saint Mary or a depiction of the Holy Trinity on top of a column. Around the base of the column are usually various saints. Marian columns were built to thank the Virgin Mary for intervention to quell the pestilence and other scourges. The first of those was erecrted in Vienna in 1667 (Mariensäule) and the second in 1679 also in Vienna at the Graben, the Pestsäule.
The purpose of the Holy Trinity columns was usually simply to celebrate the church and the faith, although the plague motif could play a role.
Erecting religious monuments in the form of a column surmounted by a figure or a Christian symbol was a gesture of public faith that flourished in the Catholic countries of Europe especially in the 17th and 18th centuries (Wikipedia)

Sculptor

Veit Königer (Obervierschach 1729 - Graz 1792), Austrian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Znamenje s kipom Matere Božje, Slovenska Bistrica.
Ministrstrvo za Kulturo, Register nepremične kulturne dediščine.

Locatie (N 46°23'41" - E 15°34'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: si019; Photograph: 7 September 2016
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