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BRB1456

Title

Subject

Abbey of Einsiedeln - Switzerland

Description

The exhibited woodcut, decorated with colored paper cutouts and gold foil, depicts the famous statue hovering in the heavens above the eighteenth-century Abbey of Einsiedeln. Such prints presumably were sold at Einsiedeln as souvenirs to pilgrims, either in their unaltered or their adorned state.

Source

BRB1456. S. Maria Einsiedlensis. Woodcut on paper, with colored paper and metallic additions. [Einsiedeln, late 18th century].

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

ca. late 18th or early 19th century

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Pilgrimage

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Woodcut

Collection

Welcome Additions

Citation

“BRB1456,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed July 14, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1634.