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Loretto Obertdorf (Allgäu) by Emma Bormann

Loretto Obertdorf (Allgäu) by Emma Bormann

Loretto Obertdorf (Allgäu)

Emma Bormann

Title

Loretto Obertdorf (Allgäu)

 
Artist

Emma Bormann

  1887 - 1974 (biography)
Year
c. 1930  
Technique
woodcut 
Image Size
11 3/8 x 8 1/8" image 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
not stated 
Annotations
titled in pencil, lower left 
Reference
 
Paper
ivory similli vellum 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
19994 
Price
SOLD
Description
The St. Loretto Chapel is a building complex on the southern outskirts of Oberstdorf in the Allgäu. It consists of three individual Roman Catholic chapels. Appachkapelle is the oldest Loretto Chapel dating prior to 1493. St. Maria Loretto is the largest and was built in 1657. St. Joseph's Chapel was built in 1671. Each loretto is a sanctuary.