MASTER E.S.
(active 1450-1467 Upper Rhine)

The Smallest Virgin of Einsiedeln

1466
Engraving, handcolored, 97 x 65 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

In 1466, the year in which the new Benedictine church of Einsiedeln was handed over to the monks, no fewer than 130.000 pilgrims made the journey to Einsiedeln. For them Master E.S. made smaller prints of his Large Virgin. The smaller version reduce the scene to its essentials.