Ein Briester wardt gefanngen ..., c. 1503

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series Title

The Miracles of Mariazell

Medium

woodcut on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 26.3 × 18 cm (10 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Accession Number

1964.8.1242

Artists / Makers

Master of the Miracles of Mariazell (artist) German, active early 16th century

Image Use

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Inscription

Lettered LC: Ein Briester wardt gefanngen von den unglaubigen/ selb dreyssigist/ und yn ain grüben zu unnderisst geworffen/ und mit puluer verströt. Mariam zw Zell rüfft Er an/ die halff ym aus aller not.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Liechtenstein, Princes of
Rosenwald, Lessing Julius