Author: unknown
Date: 1753
Material: Wood, polychromic
Technique: carving, painting
Dimensions, mm: 2820×1680
Restoration:
Wooden epitaph of the town councilor Christian Dietrich (4.11.1682-13.4.1753).
The epitaph of Dietrich Christian is a composition characteristic of wooden epitaphs with a strictly pronounced two-part division: in the upper part a coat of arms, in the lower part a cardboard with a memorial text, which gives brief details about the deceased.
„Zum Gedachtnisse
Des Wohl Edelgebohrnen Gestrengen und Wohl-Weisen
Herr Ditrich Christians
deser Kayserlicen Stadt wohl=
verdienten Raths Kamer und
Quartier Herrn
welcher
gebohren den 4ten Nov. 1682 und gestorben
den 13ten April 1753”.
In the center of the coat of arms is divided shield with a golden cross, which is wrapped around by snake. In the lower part of the shield under the cross is a skull with crossed bones. Above the shield helmet with a ornament. In Kleinod of the helmet, a blindfolded female figure in a dark outfit holding a cross in her left hand and a cup in her right. The mantling of the helmet surrounds the shield.