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This vertical image details the highly ornate Baroque pulpit inside St. Peter's Church (Peterskirche) in Vienna, Austria. The scene is dominated by a multi-tiered, gilded sculptural group set against a backdrop of marbleized architectural elements in pink, grey, and white, extensively decorated with gold leaf. The uppermost sculpture features a standing male figure, possibly Christ or God the Father, with a radiant spiked halo and outstretched arms, flanked by two putti; one to his left (viewer's right) plays a stringed instrument. Below this figure, a seated female figure, likely the Virgin Mary, cradles an infant in her lap, surrounded by smaller cherubic figures and gilded floral adornments. The main sculptural group rests on a complex, dark-stained wood structure heavily accented with gold. Its underside forms a canopy featuring a prominent sunburst design with radiating golden rays. Partially visible and in shadow beneath this canopy, a lower gilded relief depicts two male figures, one blessing the other, suggesting the Baptism of Christ. The surrounding architecture includes fluted pilasters, volutes, Corinthian-style capitals, continuous friezes with intricate gold scrollwork, and patterned arched alcoves.
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