19th-Century Bavarian Monastery Work, Our Lady Of The Bowed Head Ladies 320 achieved for an oil

320 achieved for an oil painting in 2020

Gdanietz led a difficult life but overcame the odds to become a very successful painter

of which many were copied for private residences

She’s gently lit by either a candle or moonlight as she eats her evening meal

he’d attracted the attention of the Galeries Georges Petit in Paris

19th-Century Bavarian Monastery Work, Our Lady Of The Bowed Head Ladies 320 achieved for an oilThis beautiful 19th century Bavarian monastery work depicts the Virgin Mary with head bowed. Its rendered in oils, with various embroidered embellishments, and bordered with enclosed relics. Often produced by nuns or monks, monastery works of this nature were intended as a form of spiritual practice, particularly in the Catholic regions of Europe, and often housed within churches or chapels. They take numerous forms including, as we see here, Our Lady