The painting is iconographically the so-called "Amplexus" motif, the mystical embrace of the saints by Christ, which turns away from the cross. The motive goes to a mystical vision of St. Bernhard of Clairvaux.
Provenance
The object was bought about 1936 by the pastor of the Catholic parish of Salvator in Berlin-Lichtenrade through the Berlin art dealer Sobczyk / Siebert. Now it is located in the parish.
There is a suspicion of NS persecution-induced withdrawal.
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Contact
Erzbischöfliches Ordinariat Berlin
Niederwallstr. 8-9
10117 Berlin
Germany
