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Canopy bed

Artist
Johann Nepomuk Bichler
Locality
Schliersee
Date
1778
Material
Wood, polychromed
Dimensions
H. 184 cm
Location
Gallery 103-104
Inventory Number
L 28/910
Acquisition
On permanent loan from the Bayerische Landesverein für Landespflege since 1928
Categories
Furniture

Description

Canopy beds were a customary bridal accessory in rural areas in the 18th and 19th centuries. The ornamental painting on this bed is a reference to this occasion. The side boards show different scenes of a merry wedding celebration, and the footboard depicts the Virgin Mary visiting her pregnant cousin Elisabeth. The painting on the bed was signed "Johann Nepomuc Pichler painter of Schliersee". The latter originally came from Thiersee in the judicial district of Kufstein, Tyrol. Although he was a trained painter, his work on the bed appears rather clumsy. It is therefore not surprising that he entered the Tegernsee monastery as a lay brother in 1797. There he was probably responsible for whitewashing work.

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