!!!Wimpassinger Kreuz

Wimpassinger Cross, giant cross made around 1270/80 
(7 x 4.6 m), similar to Tuscan-Umbrian triumphal 
crosses with the Corpus Christi painted on parchment and figurative 
scenes in the rectangular parts at the ends of the arms of the cross; 
thought to be the work of one of the most important Austrian painters 
of the 13th century. Although the cross showed features characteristic 
of Italian models, the paintings are typical examples of the mature  
Zackenstil (Zig-zag Style) with a particular Austrian flavour. The 
Wimpassing Cross was one of the few known monuments of the last phase 
before the pre-Gothic period and one of the main works of western art 
of that time. It was in Vienna's Minoritenkirche Church until 1784 but 
was transferred to  Wimpassing an der Leitha after the church was 
secularised. In 1939, it was brought to Vienna for restoration 
purposes and was destroyed by fire in Saint Stephen's Cathedral in 
1945.

!Literature
P. von Baldass, W. Buchowiecki and W. Mrazek, Romanische 
Kunst in Oesterreich, 1962.


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