Ein Briester wardt gefanngen ...

c. 1503

Master of the Miracles of Mariazell

Artist, German, active early 16th century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

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

  • Accession

    1964.8.1242

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Inscriptions

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65511263

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