Madonna and Child
French Sculptor, August Gerber (cast maker)No image available
- Artist
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French Sculptor
August Gerber
(cast maker)
Köln
- Dated
- ca. 1245 (original), 1909 (cast)
- Classification
- sculpture, plaster cast
- Medium
- plaster cast
- Dimensions
- 232 cm
- Inv.no.
- Rg.120
- Department
- Sculpture
- Current Location of the Original Artwork
- France, Amiens, Cathedral
The full-figure statue of the Virgin (ca. 1245) decorates the trumeau of the south transept portal of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Amiens. She holds the Child in her left hand, while three angels raise a glory above her head. Commissioned by the museum in 1909, the cast was made by August Gerber in Cologne. It was exhibited in the Romanesque Hall in 1910. Probably lost during World War II, current whereabouts of the artwork are unknown.