Posts tagged with woodcut.
A woodcut of a Madonna that used to belong to St Alphonsus Liguori, one of the great Marian saints.
The statue is now kept in the Franciscan church in Vienna, Austria.
A print of Mary on her deathbed surrounded by the apostles from a Missal published by Simon Vostre.
The title page of ‘La vida y excelencias & miraglos dla sacratissima virgen Maria nuestra señora’, published in Seville in 1525.
(Source: openlibrary.org)
Altar de la Virgen de Guadalupe
A Mexican woodcut print of an altar for Our Lady of Guadalupe, printed by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.
(Source: loc.gov)
Exlibris Ludwig Spindelberger by Rose Reinhold (1894-1959):
Schutzmantelmadonna mit Kind über Krems
A woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder from ‘Hortulus Animae’ (The Little Garden of the Soul), a popular prayerbook in the early 16th century.
(Source: britishmuseum.org)
A woodcut of the Mother of God Yeletskaya and the monastery of the Dormition in Chernihiv, Ukraine.
The icon was discovered in a fir tree by St Anthony of the Caves in 1060. The original icon got lost during the destruction of the monastery by Polish armies in the 17th century. It was replaced by an 11th century copy.
Monstra te esse matrem
A German woodcut of St Bernard drinking milk from Mary’s breast after he pleads to her: Show thyself to be a Mother.
(Source: britishmuseum.org)
Onze Lieve Vrouwe Lichtmis
A Dutch woodcut from 1610 showing the presentation of Jesus in the temple by Mary and Joseph.
A woodcut of the Virgin of Guadalupe with four scenes from the apparition story.
