Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench

Museum record 219078: Madonna and Child on a Grassy Bench by Hans Baldung Grien. A verified entry point for discovery.

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Collecting prints after cult statues and miraculous paintings was part of both the European and the Japanese pilgrimage traditions. These woodcuts ( 2009.43 , 2013.172, and 2013.159 ) could be combined to create their own cult object. Saints Catherine and Barbara flank a frontal Virgin and Child, suggesting the works were intended to be mounted together as a folding domestic altarpiece. The letterpress below each image encouraged meditation and engagement. While only Catherine’s text survives in these im…