Glory Be to God—Oswald Tschirtner

This drawing is from a page of one of Austrian Oswald Tschirtner‘s sketchbooks. The German is translated: “Glory be to God in the highest and peace on earth to all men, who are of good will.”

"Glory Be to God"
“Glory Be to God”

PHOTO COURTESY OF DIE KUNSTER AUS GUGGIG, AUSTRIA

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