Madonna of the Rose Garden – 8.5x11" –Catholic Art Print–Catholic Mother's Gift

Description

“Madonna of the Rose Garden”
by Stefan Lochner – c. 1440
This charming, colorful Madonna, painted in the early Renaissance by Stefan Lochner, is full of allegory and symbolism. Mary is seated on a red pillow on the ground, which shows her connection to this world and to us, but she is also under the heavenly golden brocade the angels are holding, which indicates her royalty and, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, her central association with the Trinity.
The angels are playing music for Jesus and offering him flowers and fruits, many of them symbols of purity and innocence. Jesus is holding an apple, which of course refers to his role as the second Adam, undoing the curse of the first. If you look closely, Mary’s broach has a maiden holding a unicorn, another widely known symbol in the Middle Ages and Renaissance of purity and innocence.
We like all these symbols. We like this representation of Mary. We like the rose bower behind her, with its symbolism of love, and—with thorns—of passion. We like the motif of Mary as the "hortus conclusus," the enclosed garden within the stone walls, one of the primary symbols of Mary in the Middle Ages. All in all, there is much to love about this picture besides its beauty. We find in it a calm and joyful meditation.
Original is Oil on panel, 51 x 40 cm. Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne.
– 8.5 x 11" acid-free paper
– Archival pigments
– Cardboard backer
– Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal clear bag.
– Above story of the image in back
** IMPORTANT ** There is about an inch-and-a-third of white space around the picture, so the image is smaller than the paper.
For framing, a lot of frames would look good with this. Try a warm wood or a gold frame. You can matte it if you want, but you don’t have to matte our prints. They look pretty good with the 1.3” white border around the print. All our prints are standard size, so you can easily get a frame you like at Hobby Lobby or online.
Thanks for your interest! You might also enjoy original Catholic Art and Jewerly by me, Sue Kouma Johnson, here on this eBay store or on my main website. Google my name.
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Sue
Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and minor image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art.
“In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.” ~ St. Pope John Paul II