File:Chester Cathedral interior 020.jpg

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w:Cobweb painting of the Madonna and Child, in Chester Cathedral, painted on the web of the moth caterpillar Hyponomeuta euonymella, probably by Johann Burgman (d.1825) from the Tyrol. It is a copy of the famous "gnadenbild" (miraculous image) known as "Mariahilf", w:Mary Help of Christians, a painting by Lucas Cranach I (1472–1553) now in Innsbruck Cathedral (Church of St Jakob, "Dom zu St. Jakob"), Tyrol, Austria. Printed description attached:

The Cobweb Picture. Our Lady and the Holy Child, Jesus. The picture comes from the Tyrol and is painted on the net of the caterpillar Hyponomeuta euonymella. It is probably by the Tyrolese artist Johann Burgman (d.1825) and is a copy of a picture by Lucas Cranach I (1472–1553) now in the Church of St Jakob, Innsbruck. The painting of cobweb pictures was a flourishing art in the Tyrol from about 1750 to 1920

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