Laughing Democritus
Sculptures
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Figurated Corbel
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Date | ca. 1420 (original), 1907 (cast) |
| Object type | plaster cast |
| Medium, technique | plaster cast |
| Dimensions | 35 × 43.5 × 37 cm, 15 kg |
| Inventory number | Rg.58 |
| Collection | Sculptures |
| On view | National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre, Visible Storage |
The late Gothic church in Königsberg in Bavaria, dedicated to the Virgin, was built between 1397 and 1432. The building used as a Lutheran church since the Reformation has three naves. In the extension of the central nave, there is an apsis enclosed by five sides of an octagon. The buttresses supporting the exterior wall of the sanctuary were decorated with standing sculptures, of which only the Madonna statue on the east sanctuary wall, dated to 1420, has survived. The corbels once holding the sculptures are decorated with figural carving: the distorted human figures carved out of sandstone represent the Vices.
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.