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Pastor’s stall
A seventeenth-century seat with later paintings of the virtues.
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The pastor’s stall dates from 1683. It was made for the pastor, the minister of the Lutheran congregation. It is also described as the pastor’s bench. Its function differed from that of the pulpit, from which sermons were delivered: the stall provided a place to sit. Painted decoration was applied to the stall’s balustrade. The images therefore adorn the front enclosure of the furnishing, rather than a separate panel hanging on the wall. This position links the paintings directly to the minister’s seat.
The paintings were made in 1708, twenty-five years after the stall itself. The furnishing and its present decoration therefore belong to different stages in the church’s development. This is another example of an older object being enriched rather than replaced. The images depict the three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. Religious ideas are given visual form here. The group on the balustrade has its own subject, distinct from the extensive biblical narratives on the galleries.
Gyerekeknek
A pastor is a minister in a Lutheran church. This stall was the pastor’s seat. It was made in 1683 and is also called a bench. Unlike the pulpit, which was used for preaching, it provided a place to sit.
A balustrade forms the front of the stall. Paintings were added to it, but not straight away. The painted decoration dates from 1708, twenty-five years later. The older furnishing gained new decoration.
The paintings show faith, hope and charity, known as the three theological virtues. Charity here means love. These ideas are important in Christianity and are expressed through painted images. The stall shows how even a seat could receive decoration with religious meaning.
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