God the Father
Follower of Ignaz Günther German
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.
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