The Assumption of the Virgin with the Five Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary
late 16th–early 17th century
Medium
Pen and black ink and gray wash
Dimensions
sheet: 6 13/16 x 5 in. (17.3 x 12.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lutz Riester, 2004
Accession Number
2004.498.1
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Art Historical Context
In the late 16th to early 17th century, during the height of the Counter-Reformation German artists Caspar Fraising and Georg Pecham *The Assumption of the Virgin the Five Joyful Mysteries the Rosary*. This drawing captures the triumphant ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven at its center, surrounded by the five Joyful—key scenes from her life including the Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Presentation in the Temple, Finding of Jesus in the Temple. These vignettes promoted Marian devotion and the rosary's meditative prayer, a vital tool for Catholic renewal amid Protestant challenges. Exe...