Golden Madonna of Essen

The Golden Madonna of Essen is a sculpture with a wooden core covered all over with sheets of thin gold leaf of the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. It is part of the treasury of Essen Cathedral, formerly the church of Essen Abbey, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and kept on display at the cathedral. Dated around the year 980, it is both the oldest known sculpture of...
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