Mary, Untier of Knots

Mary, Untier of Knots
Mary, Untier of Knots
Artist	Johann Georg Schmidtner
Year	c. 1700
Type	Oil on poplar
Dimensions	182 cm × 110 cm (72 in × 43 in)
Location	St. Peter am Perlach, ; Augsburg, Germany

Mary, Untier of Knots or Mary, Undoer of Knots is the name of both a Marian devotion and a Baroque painting (German: Wallfahrtsbild or Gnadenbild) which represents that devotion. The painting by Johann Georg Melchior Schmidtner, of around 1700, is in the Catholic pilgrimage church of St. Peter am Perlach, otherwise known as the Perlach Church, in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. Devotion to the image had been limited to certain countries in Latin America (e.g., Argentina, Brazil) but became known worldwide since the 2013 election of Pope Francis.