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Józef Mehoffer: Józef Mehoffer's Adoration of the Magi  wikidata:Q110086707 reasonator:Q110086707
Artist
Józef Mehoffer  (1869–1946)  wikidata:Q1354695
 
Józef Mehoffer
Alternative names
Joseph Mehoffer; I︠U︡zef Mekhoffer; Jozef Mehoffer; Josef Mehoffer
Description Polish-Austro-Hungarian painter, stained-glass artist, decorator, graphic artist and teacher
Date of birth/death 19 March 1869 Edit this at Wikidata 7 July 1946 / 8 July 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ropchyce Edit this at Wikidata Kraków Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Kraków; Fribourg; Vienna (1889–1890); Paris (1891–1896) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1354695
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Author
Workshop of Kirsch & Fleckner   wikidata:Q110064478
 
Workshop of Kirsch & Fleckner
Alternative names
Kirsch and Fleckner
Authority file
Photographer
Martin Thurnherr
Title
Epiphany stained glass window
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre folk art Edit this at Wikidata
Description

In this stained glass window, Józef Mehoffer depicts the Adoration of the Magi under the vault of a starry sky. The three kings fall on their knees before Our Lady and the Child Jesus. Above them shines the Star of Bethlehem. An angel with wide open wings holds the banner. On it is written: "Gloria in excelsis Deo". Below the main scene, Herod looks at Death, who bites him on the shoulder. On the floor lie the newborns killed in the Bethlehem infanticide. Satan sits on the right accompanied by a snake.

Elements of folk art characterise the painting. It is rich in stylistic and formal contrasts. It is reminiscent of folk nativity scenes and traditional Christmas performances as they were in Poland. The Art Nouveau style is evident in some details of the decoration, such as the flowers that form a frieze above Herod and Satan. It is also expressed in the pastel shades, while the strong colours are more in keeping with popular culture. The depiction of Herod is highly original, for this evil king and the death that accompanies him appear here as Satan's guests, so to speak.
Depicted place
mini
mini

in chronological order: stained glass windows
in the aisle chapels

  1. of Apostles
  2. of Our Lady of Victory
  3. of the Maryrs
  4. of Eucharist
  5. of Epiphany
  6. of St. Ann etc.
  7. of the deacons and bishops
  8. of Nicholas of Flüe

in the choir

  2. of Trinity: «God the Father»
  3. of Trinity: «God the Son»
  4. of Trinity: «God the Holy Spirit»
  5. of history
  6. of church history
Date between 1902 and 1904
date QS:P571,+1902-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1902-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium stained glass
medium QS:P186,Q1473346
Dimensions 4 strips à height: 670 cm (21.9 ft); width: 70 cm (27.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,670U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,70U174728
Object location
46° 48′ 22.7″ N, 7° 09′ 46.9″ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Place of creation en:Fribourg, Switzerland
Credit line
This is an image of a cultural property of national significance in Switzerland with KGS number
02067
Inscriptions
  • Signature left:
    Józef Mehoffer
  • Signature and date right:
    Kirsch et Fleckner, peintres verriers Fribourg 1905
    [glass painters]
Notes The execution of the thirteen stained glass windows of Freiburg Cathedral extends from 1895 to 1936. This work thus documents the stained glass of Jósef Mehoffer in a unique way.
References
  • Hortensia von Roda: Die Glasmalerei von Józef Mehoffer in der Kathedrale St. Nikolaus in Freiburg i. Ue. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte. Bern: Benteli 1995 (= Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte der Schweiz, Bd. 7), ISBN: 3-7165-0969-8
  • Valérie Sauterel: Der Fensterzyklus von Józef Mehoffer. In: Peter Kurmann (Herausgeber): Die Kathedrale St. Nikolaus in Freiburg. Brennspiegel der europäischen Gotik. Lausanne und Freiburg: La Bibliothèque des Arts und Stiftung für die Erhaltung der Kathedrale St. Nikolaus Freiburg, 2007, ISBN: 978-2-88453-135-1, S. 166-180
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  • detail with the Adoration
    detail with the Adoration
  • The Adoration (detail)
    The Adoration (detail)
  • detail with Herod and Death (left) and the devil with snake (right)
    detail with Herod and Death (left) and the devil with snake (right)
  • detail of the Holy Family
    detail of the Holy Family
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Object location46° 48′ 22.68″ N, 7° 09′ 46.94″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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