EditorialThe Bamberg Rider, statuary in Bamberg Cathedral. The identity of the rider is unknown; he has been variously called Saint Stephan of Hungary, King Konrad III, or Philip of Swabia. He is a symbol for the ideal German knight.
Editorial" Bamberg Rider" Equestrian statue (1230) Perhaps Emperor Heinrich II of Staufen, King Philipp of Schwaben, or Ludwig I, the Great, King of Hungary.
EditorialAncien palais, Bamberg. Samuel Prout (English, 1783-1852); probably printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (English, 1789-1850); probably published by Rudolph Ackermann (English, 1764-1834). Date: 1833. Dimensions: 290 ? 425 mm (image); 310 ? 445 mm (pri...
EditorialThe caves of Muggendorf near Bamberg, Franconia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1805. Friedrich Johann Bertuch (1747-1822) was a German publisher and man of arts most famou...
EditorialThe barrel-vaulted synagogue from Horb, Germany. Ceiling and panelling were painted in 1735. The synagogue in Horb is the only remaining synagogue of hundreds of similar buildings. It survived Nazi-destruction in the Bamberg Museum.
EditorialStaircase in Schloss Weissenstein zu Pommersfelden, built by architect Johann Dientzenhofer after an idea of the owner, Lothar Franz von Schoenborn, Princebishop of Bamberg and Elector-Archbishop of Mainz (1655-1729) .
EditorialJakub Hrusa, chief conductor of the Bamberg Symphony, outside the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) in Berlin, Sept. 12, 2021. (Mustafah Abdulaziz/The New York Times)
EditorialKey, so-called chamberlain key with the coat of arms of Franz Ludwig von Erthal, monarch of W?rzburg and Bamberg, so-called chamberlain key of bronze and gilding, with the coat of arms of Franz Ludwig von Erthal, monarch of W?rzburg and Bamberg ( 1779-...
EditorialReichsadler Humps, Lightly inserted bottom. Smooth, applied stand ring. On the cylindrical body, slightly tapered at the top, the black, double-headed Reindeer with yellow crown and nimbus. For the chest a crucifix with wide-spread loincloth. On the wi...