Tilman Riemenschneider, Mother of God on the crescent moon, lime tree, lime wood with remains of old setting, Total: Height: 139 cm, Sculptures, Mary with Christ Child (Madonna), Immaculata (Mary on the crescent moon), Medieval art, Tilman Riemenschneider shows the Mother of God standing on a crescent moon, a popular representation in the late Gothic period, which goes back to the description of the apocalyptic wife of John the Evangelist (Rev 12,1). The virtuosity of the drapery, which lends the figure depth and vividness, and the tenderly melancholic expression of the figures are typical characteristics of the art of the famous Würzburg sculptor and carver.
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