Christ Blessing The Virgin

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Christ Blessing The Virgin

Martin SchongauerLinkedCulture matchlcp-f6ef1493723b

Date
c. 1480
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
48007

The Virgin Mary and Jesus sit enthroned as co-rulers of heaven, though the orb in his hand indicates that he is the ultimate power. Mary joins her hands in prayer as he raises his right hand to bless her. The image is typical of Marian devotion, which saw Mary as a powerful intercessor for those seeking God’s mercy, in times of plague, famine, and other afflictions. Mary was reaching peak popularity in Germany about the time when Schongauer made this exquisite engraving. A generation later, Martin Luther and other German reformers would push back hard against such devotion. Europe

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Gift of Miss Tessie Jones in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel V. Jones, 1966

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