God the Father

Follower of Ignaz Günther German

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533

This relief undoubtedly surmounted a large altarpiece towards which God's downward gaze and gesture were directed. The coat of white paint, imitating marble or stucco, may reflect official demands of greater restraint in church decoration (for example, the Bavarian electoral decree of October 1770). Elements of the composition are derived from the mature works of the 1760s by Ignaz Günther, the great Bavarian Rococo sculptor.

God the Father, Follower of Ignaz Günther (German, Altmannstein 1725–1775 Munich), Pine, painted white, Southern German, Bavaria

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God the Father, Follower of Ignaz Günther (German, Altmannstein 1725–1775 Munich), Pine, painted white, Southern German, Bavaria
God the Father, Follower of Ignaz Günther (German, Altmannstein 1725–1775 Munich), Pine, painted white, Southern German, Bavaria
God the Father, Follower of Ignaz Günther (German, Altmannstein 1725–1775 Munich), Pine, painted white, Southern German, Bavaria

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