Ain Pehamss verheiss sich gen Zell ...

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: 26.4 × 17.8 cm (10 3/8 × 7 in.)

  • Accession

    1964.8.1247

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

Exhibition History

1969

  • Prints and drawings of the Danube School; an exhibition of South German and Austrian graphic art of 1500 to 1560, Yale University Art Gallery, City Art Museum of St. Louis, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969-1970, no. 71, repro.

Inscriptions

Lettered LC: Ain Pehämb verheiß sich gen Zell/ und versprach [nymer?] zu rauben/ noch jn krieg zuziechen/ das hat er nit gehalten. Und als er nachmalln gen Zell khamb/ viel Er vor dem mittern alltar gechling als ain tödter nider auff dy Erd/ mit püllen und graussamen geschray. Do er zu ym selbstkhamb/ hat Er peicht/ und solch glüb stet zuhalten versprochen.

Watermarks

similar to Briquet 14445 with point extending from top of head

Wikidata ID

Q65511268

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