# The Pilgrimage to the "Fair Virgin" in Regensburg [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [OSTENDORFER, Michael]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Woodcut, 555 x 390 mm ## Commentary The Pilgrimage to the "Fair Virgin" in Regensburg c. 1520 Woodcut, 555 x 390 mm Kunstsammlung der Veste Coburg, Coburg The figure of the Madonna stands in front of a wooden church being adored by crowds of ecstatic pilgrims. The image is that of the supposedly wonder-working cultic statue of the "Fair Virgin" in Regensburg, which was visited by large crowds of pilgrims in the 1520s after the Pope granted indulgences for such pilgrimages. Ostendorfer's woodcut was on sale as a souvenir. This particular print belonged to Albrecht Dürer, who in a comment in his own hand, dated 1523, criticised the growth of the pilgrimage industry. ## Related artworks - [Self-Portrait]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()