Hermenegild Roesner
St. Florian

Mid-18th century
Church of St. Peter, Munich, Germany
Copy of the stolen original by Johann Baptist Straub

St. Florian is dressed as a Roman soldier and holds a spear as a sign of that profession. The putto on the right holds the palm branch symbol of Florian's martyrdom. The one on the left holds a maquette of a burning building that will be saved by the water Florian is pouring from his bucket.

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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.