# The Small Virgin of Einsiedeln

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER E.S.](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-es-rc57ca37c4ecc49>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Engraving, handcolored, 133 x 87 mm

## Commentary

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.

## Related artworks

- [Christ as Saviour](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-es-rc57ca37c4ecc49/christ-as-saviour-r79f4daa45efef3>)
- [Knight Playing Card](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-es-rc57ca37c4ecc49/knight-playing-card-ra9e992420e5f1e>)
- [Letter G from the Fantastic Alphabet](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-es-rc57ca37c4ecc49/letter-g-from-the-fantastic-alphabet-rfe816071d16de4>)
- [Letter N from the Fantastic Alphabet](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-es-rc57ca37c4ecc49/letter-n-from-the-fantastic-alphabet-r7ec7a6f8fe122d>)
- [Man of Sorrows between Four Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-es-rc57ca37c4ecc49/man-of-sorrows-between-four-angels-r1e459a1f072fae>)
- [The Large Virgin of Einsiedeln](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-es-rc57ca37c4ecc49/the-large-virgin-of-einsiedeln-rd059609dff3b3f>)
- [The Smallest Virgin of Einsiedeln](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-es-rc57ca37c4ecc49/the-smallest-virgin-of-einsiedeln-rd449171f429b66>)
- [Virgin and Child with Sts Barbara and Dorothea](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-es-rc57ca37c4ecc49/virgin-and-child-with-sts-barbara-and-dorothea-r1e5ce502cf4a8d>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)