Pilgrims at the Church of the 'Beautiful Virgin' at Regensburg
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: approximately 26 9/16 × 16 1/8 in. (67.4 × 41 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1939
Accession Number
39.5
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the grand tradition of Northern European printmaking, Michael Ostendor's *Pilgrims at the Church the 'Beautiful Virgin' Regensburg* (1610) captures a moment of fervent devotion. This large woodcut, measuring nearly 27 by 16 inches, depicts throngs of pilgrims gathered at the renowned Marian shrine in Regensburg,—a site celebrated for its miraculous statue of the Virgin Mary, often called the "Beautiful Virgin." Ostendorfer, a German artist influenced by Albrecht Dürer, masterfully renders the crowd's piety, with figures kneeling before images of the Virgin and Jesus, evoking the spiritual e...