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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
- 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.
NGA object ID 48390. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.