The drawing depicts a scene with a well, a church, and celestial figures in the sky. The detailed line work shows a figure holding another figure next to the well. Two crowned figures are seen in the swirling clouds above. The architecture includes a large church with pointed rooftops, a smaller structure, and an archway. The sky is filled with swirling clouds. A well with a chain-suspended bucket is shown, and there is a sense of action in the figures' body language. The drawing suggests themes of divine intervention and reverence.
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The drawing depicts a scene with a well, a church, and celestial figures in the sky. The detailed line work shows a figure holding another figure next to the well. Two crowned figures are seen in the swirling clouds above. The architecture includes a large church with pointed rooftops, a smaller structure, and an archway. The sky is filled with swirling clouds. A well with a chain-suspended bucket is shown, and there is a sense of action in the figures' body language. The drawing suggests themes of divine intervention and reverence.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Aines armen man khind fiel ...

Master of the Miracles of Mariazell

Date
c. 1503
Medium
woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 26.4 × 17.9 cm (10 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1964.8.1238
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
The Miracles of Mariazell

Subjects and terms

  • Mother and Child
  • Danube
  • Christ Child
  • Man
  • Building
  • Writing
Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein, Vienna; (William Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1959; gift to NGA, 1964.

Inscription

Lettered LC: Aines armen man khind fiel yn ainen tieffen Prun/ darin uber nacht ge-legen. Do verheiss er es zw unser frauwen gen Zell/ es war lebendig oder tödt/ und als er Mariam mit grosser ann-dacht anrueffet/ ward es lebendig und prachts gen Zell.

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