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Title:
Mary of Guelders in Hortus Conclusus
Creator:
Master of Mary of Guelders, painter
Description:
Mary of Guelders, wife of Renaud III, duke of Guelders, stands within a small walled garden, or hortus conclusus, and reads a prayer book. This setting suggests that Mary is presented in the guise of the Virgin Mary, her patron and namesake. The hortus conclusus was a symbol for the Virgin's purity. Above, God the Father sends down the dove of the Holy Spirit, as in standard Annunciation iconography. An angel to the left bears a scroll that reads, "O milde Maria" [O Mary mild]. Erwin Panofsky has argued that this image served as a visual prayer from the childless Mary that she also might miraculously conceive. She, however, remained childless.
Source:
Wikimedia Commons
Rights:
Public Domain
Subject
(See Also)
:
Books of Hours
Donor Portraits
Duchesses
Flowers
Gardens
Hortus Conclusus, Symbol of Mary's Virginity
Literacy
Mary of Guelders, Wife of Renaud III, Duke of Guelders
Mary, Virgin, Saint- Representation as
Mary, Virgin, Saint- Annunciation
Geographic Area:
Low Countries
Century:
15
Date:
1415
Related Work:
The Hours of Mary of Guelders
Current Location:
Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, MS Germ. qu. 42, 19v (MS now unbound, folio loose)
Original Location:
Artistic Type (Category):
Digital images; Manuscript illuminations
Artistic Type (Material/Technique):
Vellum (parchment); Paint; Gold leaf
Donor:
Laywoman; Mary, Duchess of Guelders (1449-1460)
Height/Width/Length(cm):
18 cm/13.4 cm/
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