Hexagonal Gallery

The Chapel of Mercy, Kevelaer, Germany

Kevelaer, a municipality in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. The most-visited Catholic pilgrimage location within north-western Europe, with more than 800, 000 pilgrims visiting every year to honour the Virgin Mary. The shrine of Mary, "Comforter of the Afflicted, " had its origins in the Thirty Years War (1618- 1648), which had devastated the region. In 1642, Heinrich Busman, a merchant, obtained an engraving of Mary pictured in front of the city of Luxembourg, and installed it in a shrine at the crossing of the Cologne-Amsterdam trade route. In 1654, the Chapel of Mercy (pictured on this card), a hexagonal structure, was erected to house the picture (inset top right); the image has remained in that shrine. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Amazons coming to the aid of the Trojans at Troy

Amazons coming to the aid of the Trojans at Troy. Andromache and son Astyanax with Queen Hecuba of Troy (top left), Priam welcoming Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons (top right), Priam mourning Hector (center left) and Andromache with urn (centre right) and seven Amazons with shields, weapons, helmet, horse (bottom). Amazzoni giunte in ajuto di Trojani. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1847

© Florilegius

Hexagonal surtout or centerpiece dish from Rouen

Hexagonal surtout or centerpiece dish from Rouen, with a coat of arms in the center and decorative borders of foliage in blue and gold. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquot's General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l'Auteur, Paris, 1874. Date:

© Florilegius/Mary Evans

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