19th-Century Bavarian Monastery Work, Our Lady Of The Bowed Head Ladies Gdanietz led a difficult life

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

his aptitude for painting soon warranted his entire focus

of which many were copied for private residences

where scattered trees recede into a distant haze

poet and author known for impressionistic landscapes and enthusiastic Cornish travel guides

19th-Century Bavarian Monastery Work, Our Lady Of The Bowed Head Ladies Gdanietz led a difficult lifeThis 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