Christ holding the Hand of the Madonnna from Michelangelo's Statue in Bruges
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese Michelangelo 1475 - Rome 1564)
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass, Passe-partout, Photographic paper
Measurements
176 x 126 x 4 mm
Order this imageCollection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 1102681
Summary
Photograph of part of a sculpture, cherub/child holding an adult's hand (Christ holding the hand of the Madonnna from Michelangelo's marble statue in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges, Belgium. It was removed in 1944 with the retreat of German soldiers, who smuggled the sculpture to Germany enveloped in mattresses in a Red Cross lorry. It was only found two years later). In pale blue passe-partout frame
Makers and roles
Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese Michelangelo 1475 - Rome 1564), sculptor