Monument of Count Otto IV of Henneberg

Peter Vischer the Elder (attributed to), J. Rotermund cég (cast maker)
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Artist
Peter Vischer the Elder
(attributed to)
Nürnberg, 1460 körül – Nürnberg, 1529

J. Rotermund cég
(cast maker)
Nürnberg
Dated
ca. 1488 (original), 1909 (cast)
Classification
sculpture, plaster cast
Medium
plaster cast
Dimensions
274 × 148 × 55 cm
Inv.no.
Rg.50
Department
Sculpture
Current Location of the Original Artwork
Germany, Römhild, Collegiate Church
Location
National Museum Conservation and Storage Centre (Budapest), Building A, Ground Floor. European Architectural Sculpture. Selection from the Cast Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts. Visible Storage

The cenotaph (symbolic tomb) attributed to Peter Vischer the Elder, a Nuremberg master, was made around 1488 and commemorates Otto IV, Count of Henneberg (1437–1502), the former patron of the Collegiate Church in Römhild. The monument, set in the baptismal chapel of the church since 1735, consists of a sandstone plate built into the wall and the life-size bronze figure of the deceased knight in armour. The sandstone backplate is bordered by inscribed ribbons cast in bronze and by the Henneberg family’s coats of arms. The count, holding a heraldic flag and a sword, stands on the figure of a lion which symbolises courage.