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This is a drawing depicting a celestial apparition inside a room. The left panel shows a framed opening revealing a landscape with a divine figure surrounded by clouds emitting rays of light from their head. Below are mountainous terrains, forests, and buildings. The right side of the drawing shows two figures in a room, with one appearing lifeless and the other cradling them while raising an arm upward. The floor is depicted with linear patterns to signify wooden floorboards. The style of the drawing is detailed and intricate, reminiscent of early modern-era woodcuts or prints.
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This is a drawing depicting a celestial apparition inside a room. The left panel shows a framed opening revealing a landscape with a divine figure surrounded by clouds emitting rays of light from their head. Below are mountainous terrains, forests, and buildings. The right side of the drawing shows two figures in a room, with one appearing lifeless and the other cradling them while raising an arm upward. The floor is depicted with linear patterns to signify wooden floorboards. The style of the drawing is detailed and intricate, reminiscent of early modern-era woodcuts or prints.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Ain khnab von Mansee wardt ..

Master of the Miracles of Mariazell

Date
c. 1503
Medium
woodcut on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 26.3 × 17.9 cm (10 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1964.8.1239
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
The Miracles of Mariazell

Subjects and terms

  • Mother and Child
  • Woman
  • Window
  • Danube
  • child
  • portrait
  • inscription
  • calligraphic
Provenance

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

Inscription

Lettered LC: Ain khnab von Mänssee ward beschwärt mit dem hinfallenden siech-tumb/ ain fart auß seiner mütter schöss fiel/ yn wilder gestalt. Als sy yn gen Zell versprach/ wardt Er gesundt.

NGA object ID 48391. 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.