Wednesday

Madonna of Ears - Maria im Ährenkleid


Madonna im Ährenkleid, 1st half of the 15th century
The master of Halleiner Altares Salzburg
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'Madonna of Ears' is a depicition of Virgin Mary in a dress
decorated with golden wheat ears. 'The ear dress' represents
the Blessed Virgin as fertile soil and untilled field of God called
to bear fruit, symbol for her virginal motherhood of God's Son

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Madonna of Ears,
Salzburg oder Passau after 1495
Attributed to Rueland Frueauf the Elder
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Heilbronn-Kilianskirche-Glasscheibe-MutterGottes.JPG

Stained glass window in the Church
Kilianskirche of Heilbronn,
Mary (mother of Jesus)
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A detail of Hinrik Funhof:
Madonna of Ears, um 1480, Hamburg
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Maria_im_%C3%84hrenkleid_Tirol_um_1450.jpg

Madonna of Ears, ca 1450, Tyrol
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Maria_im_%C3%84hrenkleid_Salzburg_um_1490_BNM.jpg


Madonna of Ears, Salzburg (?), ca. 1490
by anonymous artist
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2 comments:

Marcus said...

I loved the Madonnas, always ask her to go ahead in my life. Enlighten me and give me the grace of discernment and wisdom.

Aputsiaq said...

She is so lovely and so are many of the paintings of her!!