Madonna and Child

French Sculptor, August Gerber (cast maker)

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Artist
French Sculptor


August Gerber
(cast maker)
Köln
Dated
ca. 1245 (original), 1909 (cast)
Medium
plaster cast
Dimensions
232 cm
Inv.no.
Rg.120
Department
Sculptures - Plaster casts
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.