Centsprent: Mirakuleus beeld van O.-L.-V. te Scherpenheuvel / Image miraculeuse de N.-D., à Montaigu / Den Godzaligen Huyszegen / La bénédiction du Ménage.
Popular religious print with two images. The left showing Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel up in a tree, with bellow her pilgrims praying. Below the image is a prayer to the Holy Mother of God. After a miraculous image of Mary appeared in an Oak tree there in the late Middle Ages, Scherpenheuvel became one of the first pilgrimage destinations in Belgium. On the right a crucified Christ, with Mary mourning at the foot of the cross. The image is surrounded by a prayer for the blessing of a new home. Schaarbeek, Hemeleers & Van Houter (1827 - 1894).Collector's mark on verso: ‘Edw. Ipers / Oever 27, / Antwerpen’.l Two woodcut illustrations (205 x 135 mm and 200 x 105 mm) on paper, stencil coloured in red, yellow and blue; total: 340 x 390 mm; paper in good condition, except small reinforcements on verso.Meyer p. 162, Boerma p. 758 (Hemeleers -).
Antiquariaat Goltzius
Professional sellerBook number: 63505
€ 74.75 [Appr.: US$ 82.09 | £UK 62.75 | JP¥ 12209]