Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Bronze doors with ten square relief panels with parallels in the lives of St. John the Baptist (left door) and Jesus (right door).

Salome with the head of St. John	Roman soldier stabbed Jesus in the heart
St. John chained in prison	??
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Elizabeth visited by Mary (the Visitation)	Jesus is baptised by St. John
The Archangel Gabriel foretells the birth of John to Zechariah	The Archangel Gabriel announces to Mary that she would become the mother of Jesus (Annunciation)

The handrails symbolize the stages of life, held by four hands, left a girl's hand and a man's hand, right an aged hand, an old man's hand.

Signature

Sculptor

• Ernst Alt (Saarbrücken 1935 - Saarbrücken 2013), German painter and sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Basilika St. Johann (Saarbrücken).
• Pfarrei St. Johann, Die Basilika St. Johann.
• Basilika St. Johann (1980) (PDF on-line).
• 250 Jahre Basilika St. Johann (Auszug, 2008) (PDF on-line).
• Institut Aktuelle Kunst, Saarbrücken, Mitte, St. Johann Basilika St. Johann.

Tags

• Town: Saarbrücken
• Kreis: Regionalverband Saarbrücken
• Land: Saarland
• Country: Germany
• Alt, Ernst
• Bronze door
• Hand(s)
• Jesus
• John the Baptist, St.
• Stages of Human Life

Locatie (N 49°13'58" - E 6°59'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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