The Glory of St. Sigismund, Johann Baptist Hagenauer

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Johann Baptist Hagenauer, The Glory of St. Sigismund
Johann Baptist Hagenauer, The Glory of St. Sigismund
Johann Baptist Hagenauer
The Glory of St. Sigismund
1754
The Glory of St. Sigismund, 1754
Where object was made: Germany
Material/technique: alabaster; carving
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 42.6 x 23 x 7.9 cm
Object Height/Width/Depth (Height x Width x Depth): 16 3/4 x 9 1/16 x 3 1/8 in
Credit line: Museum purchase
Accession number: 1955.0038
Not on display
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Archive Label 2003: Typical of eighteenth-century Bavarian rococo art, this pyramid-shaped sculpture displays an exhuberant, rhythmically-massed composition. The sculpture is embellished with active figures of angels, putti, genii and other allegories lyrically posed amidst clouds, medallions, and scroll forms. At the apex of the structure is the praying figure of St. Sigismund. This saint was the namesake of Sigismund von Schrattenbach, the Prince-Bishop of Salzburg, for whom the sculpture was made.