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Adoration of the Trinity
Adoration of the Trinity (also known as Landauer Altarpiece; German: "Allerheiligenbild" or "Landauer Altar") is an oil-on-panel painting by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, executed in 1511 and now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.
History.
The work was commissioned by the rich merchant Matthäus Landauer of Nuremberg for a chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity and All the Saints in the "Zwölfbrüderhaus" ("House of Twelve Brothers"), which he
, and some other acts which are performed while kneeling, may be described as forms of adoration.
Catholic Church.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that "Adoration is the acknowledgement of God as God, creator and savior, the Lord and master of everything that exists, as infinite and merciful love." "Adoration is homage of the spirit to the King of glory, respectful silence in the presence of the ever greater God." Adoration is prompted by the Holy Spirit.
In the strict sense