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Vesperbild (Pietà)
Vesperbild (Pietà)
c. 1420
Master of Grosslobming
(Austrian)
Painted cast stone
Overall: 94 x 92.7 x 39.4 cm (37 x 36 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)
Weight: 113.398 kg (250 lbs.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1971.67
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Description
The word vesperbild is the German word for pietà, the image of the Virgin Mary cradling her dead son on her lap. The theme has no literary source; it originated in Germany during the early 1300s and was more widespread in central Europe than in Italy. These devotional sculptures were used within the interior of a church, in small side chapels dedicated to the Virgin. As in this example, they often convey her grief in a sensitive way. For those who prayed before them, vesperbilds were poignant reminders of the Passion of Christ and the suffering of the Virgin.
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