Art - Cranach-Triegel altar back on display in Naumburg Cathedral
The Cranach-Triegel altar, which had caused a fierce dispute, will once again be on display in the Naumburg Cathedral World Heritage Site. There are numerous guided tours this weekend. On Saturday evening (6 p.m.), the Protestant parish of Naumburg and the Vereinigte Domstifter (United Cathedral Founders) invite you to musical vespers in the west choir of the cathedral. The Leipzig painter Michael Triegel (54) has also announced that he will be coming to the cathedral on Saturday.
Triegel completed the altarpiece created by Lukas Cranach the Elder between 1517 and 1519, which was later partially destroyed. The work of art first stood in the west choir of Naumburg Cathedral between the famous donor figures such as Uta von Naumburg from July to December 2022. The Vereinigte Domstifter see the altar there in its original location.
However, according to experts from the Icomos World Monuments Council, the artwork impaired the "extremely sensitive visual relationships in the west choir". Because of its location, there was even discussion about the possibility of revoking the cathedral's World Heritage status. The artwork went on tour and was shown in the Diocesan Museum in Paderborn and in Klosterneuburg Abbey near Vienna. Calm now seems to have returned to the dispute.
The painter Triegel is convinced that his work belongs in the west choir. "I deliberately created the altar for this place. It would look different if I had had a different location in mind from the outset. Certain iconographies, certain compositional things and also connotations in terms of content would not work anywhere else," the 54-year-old told the German Press Agency. In a different location, the altar would be a "museum picture", but no longer a liturgical centerpiece.
Naumburg Cathedral
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Source: www.stern.de
