38406
Accession Number
20418
Author
Melzl, Edmund; Buchenrieder, Fritz
Title Of Article Chaper
Der Eisinger Kruzifixus von Tilman Riemenschneider. Holztechnische Untersuchung. Die Polychromie des Eisinger Kruzifixes
Title Of Journal Book
Jahrbuch der bayerischen Denkmalpflege
Volume
34
Pages
89-110
Collation
17 illus., 4 text figures, diagrams
Language Of Text
German
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Reports on the restoration of the Eisingen crucifix by Tilman Riemenschneider (S. Nikolaus, Eisingen bei Wurzburg), undertaken in 1977-79 by the Bayerisches Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege, Munich. Gives the results of a technical examination of the limewood and of the original polychromy. Focuses on the problem of the so-called unpolychromed wooden sculptures from the turn of the 15th century.
Keywords
Riemenschneider, Tilman, German sculptor, ca. 1460-1531 sculpture Crucifix, Eisingen (DEU), S. Nikolaus; conservation and restoration, sculpture Riemenschneider, T. crucifix; wood sculpture, German 15th-16th cs.; polychrome sculpture, German 15th-16th cs.; Munich (DEU), Bayerisches Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege sculpture wood, conservation and restoration; Eisingen (DEU), S. Nikolaus sculpture Riemenschneider, T., Crucifix AATA
pub_id
38406
Title Translation
The Eisingen crucifix by Tilman Riemenschneider. A technical examination of the wood. The polychromy of the Eisingen crucifix