Skulptur

Sculpture, Apostle Image of the 16th Century belonging to the Altar Plate UM000393. Created wood with lean oil paint and oil gilding. The gilding shows both gold leaf, impact metal and/or silver. From the Handwritten Catalogue 1957-1958: Apostle, Lane Ryr H. 40 cm; Christ, right hand height t. blessing, the left wearing a globe; the color partly flaky; cracks. Created wood with lean oil paint and oil gilding. The gilding shows both gold leaf, impact metal and/or silver. Lappdirectory: 13 See photo of the object in the Uddevalla Museum ecclesiastical exhibition 1920, UMFA54467: 0422. A further church sculpture is marked with an inventory number UM394, the Apostle John with a blessing party and an eagle, the mantle is painted inside. However, this sculpture does not appear on older pictures of the altarpiece UM000393, the oldest photo UMFA916 and a younger photograph, UMFA917, taken in the ecclesiastical exhibition by Maria Lundbäck, and thus cannot be later than 1927. From the Nationalencyclopedia, NE.se: Apostle In art, the apostles are always portrayed as barefoot and dressed in tunic and robe. They most often carry a book and their individual attributes, generally and martyrs (Peter, however, bears the keys of the kingdom of heaven).