Mary the Knot Untier

INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY
OF THE VIRGIN MARY UNTIER OF KNOTS
(Maria Als Knotenlöserin)
(Virgen Desatanudos)

ORIGINAL IMAGE OF MARY THE KNOT UNTIER
(Maria Knotenlöserin in german)                  Of her name: " Knotenlöserin ", of German, " knot " meaning:
                          " knot ", and "löser" to untie, undo, etc.
       Without doubt, this was not its original title, it was only found in an inventory file.

Photograph of the Original Oil Painting on canvas, in Venetian style with Baroque influence
(1,10 x 1,88 mts.)

About the Painter

Virgin Maria Knotenlöserin	Original Painter
Painter:	Johann Melchior Georg Schmittdner
Born in 1625 died in 1705	In Augsburg
Work date:	Year 1700
Style:	School of Augsburg
Made for:	The Altarpiece of the Virgin Sisters of the Good Council
Donated by:	Hieronymus Ambrosius Langenmantel
Reasons:	Private and family Matters.
Historical Revision:	Mario Ibertis Rivera Records 1999

The painter has more than 200 works

   Johann M.G. Schmittdner, very well-known in the German Church, and in XVI Century Italy.
   He belonged to the School of Augsburg and developed his style in Venice, under Joaquín
   Von Sandrat.

The painter's Works

Johann Georg Melchior Schmittner [Schmidtner; Schmiedtmer; Schmitner; Schmittmer],
(b Augsburg, 1625; d Augsburg, 1705). German painter and draughtsman. The pupil and friend of Johann Heinrich Schönfeld, he was a ‘powerful historical painter’ (von Stetten) who spent 15 years in Italy. His earliest dated altar picture was the Transfiguration (1657; ex-St Salvator, Augsburg; destr. 1945). Schmittner produced altarpieces, mainly for Swabian churches, as well as many drawings (Munich, Staatl. Graph. Samml.; Stuttgart, Stadtgal.; Darmstadt, Hess. Landesmus.), notably the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit (1685; Augsburg, Schaezlerpal.), a design for the high altar of Hailtingen parish church near Riedlingen. Well-modulated shading of the figures is a characteristic trait of his drawings, but there is little sign of originality in the conception and composition of the figures. The influence of the Roman High Baroque is unmistakable, for example in the attributed drawing of the Erection of the Cross (Munich, Staatl. Graph. Samml.) after Alessandro Tiarini. Schönfeld’s style constantly shows through too, to the point of copying, as in the chalk drawing of the Martyrdom of St Apollonia (Munich, Staatl. Graph. Samml.). Bartholomäus Kilian II and Georg Andreas Wolfgang (1631-1716) made engravings (Hollstein) based on Schmittner’s work.

TITLE : God´s Mother, Mary Untier of Knots , Mother of the Good Council.
PATRON : Of marriage. Helps in the Conflicts of a person´s life and those of the
community.
DATE: December 8th, August 15th and September 28th ( My History).

ALTAR TO:
MARÍA KNOTENLÖSERIN
to this day of the year 2000

In St. Peter am Perlach.
On the left San Ulrich and
Afra to the right.

     This was not the original place
     where She was enthroned.
     This destination was given
     during the reconstructions after
     World War II.
     Nothing remains of the original
     altarpiece, or of the Virgin Sisters
     of the Good Council.

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