{"product_id":"late-19th-century-german-devotional-print","title":"Late 19th-Century German Devotional Print","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"11v4tgk\" data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"384\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eArchive Notes\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"386\" data-end=\"590\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAntique Framed German Madonna and Child Lithograph\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAn aged Catholic devotional print depicting the crowned Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child against a detailed field of halos, monograms, stars, and sacred ornament.\u003cbr\u003eThe Latin inscription reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"699\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"699\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"624\" data-end=\"659\"\u003eDilectus meus mihi et ego illi.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"662\"\u003e“My beloved is mine, and I am his.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"887\"\u003eThe phrase comes from the Song of Songs and was frequently adapted in Marian imagery to express the intimate spiritual bond between Mary and Christ.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eSmall credits beneath the image identify \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"940\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eV. Oer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e as the painter of the original composition and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1016\" style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eB. Kühlen of M. Gladbach\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e as the publisher. Bernhard Kühlen’s Mönchengladbach firm was an important German producer of Christian lithographs and devotional ephemera during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"889\" data-end=\"1251\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1253\" data-end=\"1590\"\u003eThe print has a black wooden frame with exposed brown undertones, scattered abrasions, and an old backing held with irregular nails. Devotional art was framed, displayed, and carried through generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"fykqkn\" data-start=\"2170\" data-end=\"2180\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul data-start=\"2182\" data-end=\"3319\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"3rflgy\" data-start=\"2182\" data-end=\"2220\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2184\" data-end=\"2195\"\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mönchengladbach, Germany\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"69u2us\" data-start=\"2221\" data-end=\"2271\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2223\" data-end=\"2232\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Likely late 19th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"lpf6sc\" data-start=\"2272\" data-end=\"2385\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2274\" data-end=\"2287\"\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Printed paper under glass, painted wooden frame, corrugated backing, metal nails and hanging wire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"1qajwzl\" data-start=\"2386\" data-end=\"2498\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2388\" data-end=\"2403\"\u003eDecoration:\u003c\/strong\u003e Crowned Madonna and Child with halos, stars, Marian monograms, and dense ornamental background\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"drnl7j\" data-start=\"2499\" data-end=\"2551\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2501\" data-end=\"2517\"\u003eInscription:\u003c\/strong\u003e “Dilectus meus mihi et ego illi.”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"152ehup\" data-start=\"2552\" data-end=\"2591\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2554\" data-end=\"2568\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e B. Kühlen, M. Gladbach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"hufx2u\" data-start=\"2592\" data-end=\"2672\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2594\" data-end=\"2612\"\u003eArtist Credit:\u003c\/strong\u003e “V. Oer, pinx.”; exact artist identity not firmly confirmed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"lwnqmo\" data-start=\"2673\" data-end=\"2763\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2675\" data-end=\"2688\"\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/strong\u003e Original-style aged framing, glass front, old backing, twisted wire hanger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"12kg9di\" data-start=\"2764\" data-end=\"2821\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2766\" data-end=\"2781\"\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 12 in. wide × 16 in. high\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-section-id=\"sm35eo\" data-start=\"2822\" data-end=\"3319\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"2824\" data-end=\"2838\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Considerable age-related wear throughout. Frame has rubbed and missing black finish, exposed wood, small edge losses, and surface dirt. Hanging wire is twisted and worn. Please review all photographs closely.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEADSKULL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540501876933,"sku":null,"price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/4849\/0949\/files\/6B97F7BE-DEED-4D6C-A23B-A85E00E9C556.png?v=1784158545","url":"https:\/\/deadskull.co\/products\/late-19th-century-german-devotional-print","provider":"DEADSKULL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}