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"The Ravensburg Madonna of Mercy"May 20th 2009
Roughly 9 hours
India Ink, Gold ink, watercolors,
This picture is based of the Ravensburg Madonna of Mercy statue, also known as the Ravensburger Schutzmantelmadonna (Ravensburg Sheltering-mantle Madonna), by Michael Erhart (1469 - 1518). I was looking through a book I had checked out of the library on Gothic architecture and art. I saw a picture of the statue, and I thought it was really pretty, so I started sketching it. I liked the sketch so much that I then decided to ink and paint a picture of it.
Here's the statue: [link]
I think I'll make this part of my series of Our Lady, Mother of all Peoples. This would be Our Lady of Germany.
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I want to hug her- very beautifully done! Do you mind if I draw this picture/reference it?
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Awww, thanks!
No, not at all! Go right ahead. I mean, I based mine off of a statue so I certainly can't claim that the design is mine.
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Oh, thank you! I really want to hug Mary in this pic though. She looks so... merciful.
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i thought the virgin mary was barefoot? please reply nicely...
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Ha ha ha! I remember you. You commented on a picture ofΒ Porcelain-Requiem Β asking the same question.Β
A Jewish girl like Mary would've worn sandals outside her home. Within the house, she went barefoot. Mary followed Jesus, as implied in a few Bible passages, and obviously she would've worn sandals.Β
In artistic depictions, she may be shown with shod feet or barefoot depending on the artist's imagination. In depictions of the Flight Into Egypt/Stay In Egypt/Return From Egypt, she is shown with shod feet. In depictions of The Annunciation/Immaculate Conception/The Nativity, she may be shown barefoot.Β
In depictions of The Passion Of Our Lord, especially in images depicting The Stations Of The Cross/Carrying Of The Cross, Mary's feet are shod. She is shown with shod feet when depicted at the Crucifixion, or at the Ascension. Since she was with the Apostles in the cenacle, Mary is shown barefoot. Since she was buried and dead in the grave, Mary is shown barefoot.Β
People don't need clothes or sandals in heaven, so Mary as well as The Lord Jesus, angels, and saints are shown barefoot.
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I'm sure she wore shoes and sandals sometimes. 
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Hallo! Lots of greetings from Germany, we life ca 15 kilometers away from Ravensburg. Your painting is very, very beautiful - thank you very much! GOD bless you and the Holy Mary keep you safe under her coat! 
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Danke schΓΆn!
Ah, das ist so wunderbar! Ich mΓΆchte eines Tages nach Deutschland zu reisen. 
(Mein Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut, meine Entschuldigung.)
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The amount of progress you made in 4 years is incredible. Keep painting, never stop, you will surely become a master. Don't leave it for later, otherwise your progress will slow down.
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Thank you!!! And thanks for the advice. I'll certainly keep drawing and painting for as long as I can.
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Beautiful piece! Amazing work, as always!
I have a small 2-1/2-3 inch modern bronze version of the Madonna of Mercy that I received as a gift. 
Looking forward to seeing more of your amazing Saints and religious art!
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Thank you!
Oh, that must be lovely! I would like to re-do this piece sometime in the near future, but who knows.
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You're very welcome!
It is!
I'm always up to see more of your amazing art!
Hope you have a GREAT evening!
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So cool! That is one of my absolute favorite medieval statues! Nice job.
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Nice work. This is my third favorite Madonna iconography. First is Maesta and second is Pieta.
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Oh gosh, I don't even know if I could say what my favorite iconographic style is. Hmmm...I'd have to think about it for awhile...
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... and this is even better; the Madonna of Mercy is my favorite iconography of the Blessed Mother, thank you for painting it for us!
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Thank YOU!
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Thank you!!! This is one I was very proud of.
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This is just GORGEOUS. Beautiful work! I love how everyone is under her mantle. She's very pretty. 
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THANK YOU!!!!!
I shall certainly try!!!
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Awww! Thank you so much!
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I am speechless... Mary looks amazing... so pure and beautiful..
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Quite lovely! I love how you've made her more happy looking, lol. She looks beautiful.
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Awww, thank you very much!!!
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And you think I'm good with colors?!
You blow me away with your work.
Which, by the way, is as good as Rothko's.
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Yay for truth!
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Ditto. Now, check this out:
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This is of EQUAL VALUE to this beautiful Madonna piece.
I need to take Art Philosophy and History in college. I didn't realize how interested I was in the debate.
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Hehehe, my first reaction to it was the same that I'd have to some magled up road kill.
"What is it?"
And then poke it with a stick. Like, really, what the crap is that? It's a yellow line down a brown canvas.
*Tearfully* Why do I even bother tying? My art will NEVER be as good as that!!!!
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Wonderful! She looks really beautiful, and realy loving at the same time!
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This is so very beautiful. Her face, the color, her hair, everything! Especially her face. And these days with all the Hollywood pretty women one sees everywhere, it gets harder to find or subcreate a beautiful woman's face that's different and beautiful so as to strike awe. This does. Salve Regina!
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Thanks! 
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Interesting, that picture has very early nineteen-twenties beauty sensibilities about it. Maybe you belong in the early twenties!
Mmm... I think many different sizes and shapes of features can be beautiful, depending. Some of the most beautiful women I've seen have big noses. (And it's not unlikely that factually historically Mary did, being Semitic. But we don't know. The Guadalupe tilma, which would be the arbiter I guess, has her with a moderate-sized nose. Of course it shows her as Aztec. But anyway, that doesn't matter; she is mother of all races.) There's an element of personal taste in there of course, which non est disputandum. (sp?) I certainly agree about the lip thing of today, especially when women get plastic surgery to enlarge them.. Ick! Big lips look good on beautiful African-descent women, though, who have them naturally. In my opinion, it's not so much a matter of a certain type of feature, it's the right type in the right combination for individual people.
And of course there's a sense in which all creatures are beautiful, ontologically.
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True, true.
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This is absolutely gorgeous. You have managed to capture the grace of the original but redefine it as your own. Simply stunning. Proudly adding this to my favorites.
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THANK YOU!
And thanks for the 
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It is lovely indeed. TFS.
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