The Strangling of St. Beatrix
The Strangling of St. Beatrix
around 1500
In the foreground, the strangulation by two tormentors / In the background, two figures, one of whom is wearing a crown and holding a scepter (Diocletian?, Roman emperor) / in the upper left and right, the coats of arms of Imhoff and Muffel
High Relief
Donated by Hans Imhoff the Younger (d. 1522) Coats of Arms of Imhoff and Muffel (for Katharina, née Muffel, d. 1536)
Workshop of Adam Kraft
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Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrix, Saints (July 29 / July 30, Fulda), are siblings. The bodies of the Roman brothers, martyred and beheaded under Diocletian, were pulled from the Tiber by their sister and buried in the "Coemeterium ad Ursum pileatum" (Cemetery at Ursum Pilate). According to the older legend, which is represented by the 12th-century Hirs Passover, Beatrix was strangled in her bed.
(quoted from Reclam's Lexicon of Saints and Biblical Figures, Stuttgart, 1968)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church, Chapel 9
Design: Kraft, Adam, Kraft, Werkstatt
Realization: Kraft, Werkstatt
photo 2018, Theo Noll
The Strangling of St. Beatrix
around 1500
Detail showing Beatrix's two tormentors / Remnants of paint
High Relief
Donated by Hans Imhoff the Younger (d. 1522) Coats of Arms of Imhoff and Muffel (for Katharina, née Muffel, d. 1536)
Workshop of Adam Kraft
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Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrix, Saints (July 29 / July 30, Fulda), are siblings. The bodies of the Roman brothers, martyred and beheaded under Diocletian, were pulled from the Tiber by their sister and buried in the "Coemeterium ad Ursum pileatum" (Cemetery at Ursum Pilate). According to the older legend, which is represented by the 12th-century Hirs Passover, Beatrix was strangled in her bed.
(quoted from Reclam's Lexicon of Saints and Biblical Figures, Stuttgart, 1968)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church, Chapel 9
Design: Kraft, Adam, Kraft, Werkstatt
Realization: Kraft, Werkstatt
photo 2018, Theo Noll
The Strangling of St. Beatrix
around 1500
Detail with heads
High Relief
Donated by Hans Imhoff the Younger (d. 1522) Coats of Arms of Imhoff and Muffel (for Katharina, née Muffel, d. 1536)
Workshop of Adam Kraft
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Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrix, Saints (July 29 / July 30, Fulda), are siblings. The bodies of the Roman brothers, martyred and beheaded under Diocletian, were pulled from the Tiber by their sister and buried in the "Coemeterium ad Ursum pileatum" (Cemetery at Ursum Pilate). According to the older legend, which is represented by the 12th-century Hirs Passover, Beatrix was strangled in her bed.
(quoted from Reclam's Lexicon of Saints and Biblical Figures, Stuttgart, 1968)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church, Chapel 9
Design: Kraft, Adam, Kraft, Werkstatt
Realization: Kraft, Werkstatt
photo 2018, Theo Noll
The Strangling of St. Beatrix
around 1500
Detail, side view
High Relief
Donated by Hans Imhoff the Younger (d. 1522) Coats of Arms of Imhoff and Muffel (for Katharina, née Muffel, d. 1536)
Workshop of Adam Kraft
____________________
Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrix, Saints (July 29 / July 30, Fulda), are siblings. The bodies of the Roman brothers, martyred and beheaded under Diocletian, were pulled from the Tiber by their sister and buried in the "Coemeterium ad Ursum pileatum" (Cemetery at Ursum Pilate). According to the older legend, which is represented by the 12th-century Hirs Passover, Beatrix was strangled in her bed.
(quoted from Reclam's Lexicon of Saints and Biblical Figures, Stuttgart, 1968)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church, Chapel 9
Design: Kraft, Adam, Kraft, Werkstatt
Realization: Kraft, Werkstatt
photo 2018, Theo Noll
The Strangling of St. Beatrix
around 1500
Oblique view
High Relief
Donated by Hans Imhoff the Younger (d. 1522) Coats of Arms of Imhoff and Muffel (for Katharina, née Muffel, d. 1536)
Workshop of Adam Kraft
____________________
Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrix, Saints (July 29 / July 30, Fulda), are siblings. The bodies of the Roman brothers, martyred and beheaded under Diocletian, were pulled from the Tiber by their sister and buried in the "Coemeterium ad Ursum pileatum" (Cemetery at Ursum Pilate). According to the older legend, which is represented by the 12th-century Hirs Passover, Beatrix was strangled in her bed.
(quoted from Reclam's Lexicon of Saints and Biblical Figures, Stuttgart, 1968)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church, Chapel 9
Design: Kraft, Adam, Kraft, Werkstatt
Realization: Kraft, Werkstatt
photo 2018, Theo Noll
The Strangling of St. Beatrix
around 1500
Detail with Beatrix
High Relief
Donated by Hans Imhoff the Younger (d. 1522) Coats of Arms of Imhoff and Muffel (for Katharina, née Muffel, d. 1536)
Workshop of Adam Kraft
____________________
Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrix, Saints (July 29 / July 30, Fulda), are siblings. The bodies of the Roman brothers, martyred and beheaded under Diocletian, were pulled from the Tiber by their sister and buried in the "Coemeterium ad Ursum pileatum" (Cemetery at Ursum Pilate). According to the older legend, which is represented by the 12th-century Hirs Passover, Beatrix was strangled in her bed.
(quoted from Reclam's Lexicon of Saints and Biblical Figures, Stuttgart, 1968)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church, Chapel 9
Design: Kraft, Adam, Kraft, Werkstatt
Realization: Kraft, Werkstatt
photo 2018, Theo Noll
The Strangling of St. Beatrix
around 1500
Detail with Beatrix, side view
High Relief
Donated by Hans Imhoff the Younger (d. 1522) Coats of Arms of Imhoff and Muffel (for Katharina, née Muffel, d. 1536)
Workshop of Adam Kraft
____________________
Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrix, Saints (July 29 / July 30, Fulda), are siblings. The bodies of the Roman brothers, martyred and beheaded under Diocletian, were pulled from the Tiber by their sister and buried in the "Coemeterium ad Ursum pileatum" (Cemetery at Ursum Pilate). According to the older legend, which is represented by the 12th-century Hirs Passover, Beatrix was strangled in her bed.
(quoted from Reclam's Lexicon of Saints and Biblical Figures, Stuttgart, 1968)
Location: Nuremberg, St. Lorenz Church, Chapel 9
Design: Kraft, Adam, Kraft, Werkstatt
Realization: Kraft, Werkstatt
photo 2018, Theo Noll
