Today's #LMWObjectoftheDay is a votive canvas painting from 1759, restored in 1882, artist unknown. Votive paintings were made to give thanks in Central Europe for supposed divine assistance - this man has lost a coffin from a cart!
(Pic: P. Frankstein/H. Weitasch)
(Pic: P. Frankstein/H. Weitasch)
Addendum: The location pictured is real - it's the Sankt-Remigius-Kapelle near Würmlingen, here in Baden-Württemberg. The painting once hung there.
It is a pilgrimage chapel first built in the 11th century by local lords.
It is a pilgrimage chapel first built in the 11th century by local lords.
The hill on which the chapel sits, the Kapellenberg, is said in local folklore to be home to a dragon - a clear signal that in pre-Christian times it was a revered sacred site.
Right, the local arms of Würmlingen.
Right, the local arms of Würmlingen.
