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Reliefer och statyetter till Sankt Görans sockel

1932; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 1; Issue: 1-4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00233603208603139

1651-2294

Johnny Roosval,

Historical and Archaeological Studies

Summary Reliefs and statuettes on the St. Georgegroup in Storkyrkan, Stockholm. In the year 1931 six reliefs with subjects from the legend of St. George were found in Storkyrkan, Stockholm. They were identified as parts of the base of the famous statue of St. George and the dragon in that church, and as a result of this discovery the reconstruction, described in the former article, was carried out. The work was however made difficult owing to the fact that the reliefs were not complete. Thus the author has made researches in other churches to find the missing reliefs and has found the following sculptures, which he with more or less certainty believes to be part of the monument. The attributes them all to Henning von der Heyde, who, as already proved by Paatz, collaborated with Bernt Notke in the execution of the group. 1) A relief from the church of Ed, representing the Lord giving back to St. George his dismembered hands and feet. 2) A relief from Danderyd: St. George healing the sick in prison. 3) St. Erik as king, a statuette from Vesilaks, Finland. 4) St. Henrik, as bishop, from Ackas, Finland. Nos. 1 and 2 have perhaps filled the gaps in the facades between the reliefs found in Storkyrkan. Nos. 3 and 4 were perhaps placed in turrets as shown in the reconstruction, fig. 20.— No. 1 has been used in the final reconstruction, and so has been a copy of no. 2, while nos. 3 and 4 so far have not been used at all.