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Historical Archive: Hildesheim Madonna

gold and gems on linden wood core
56.6 (to shoulder) x 25.5 x 25.2 cm (22.3 x 10 x 9.9 inches)
Hildesheim, around 1010-1015, probably gift of Bishop Bernward
probably major restorations 17th and 19th centuries
heads Walter Moroder 2013
Hildesheim Cathedral Treasury DS 82


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full front
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oblique from front left (with display case edge)
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profile from right
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back
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Mary, upper body
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Christ, upper body
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Christ, legs and feet
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Mary, lower legs
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Mary, shoulder
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Mary, left sleeve
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Mary, right sleeve
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back, original wooden core, upper left part
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back, restored wooden core with ?brooch