Cauber Madonna

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The Cauber Madonna is a Rhenish late Gothic work made by an unknown master in Kaub (earlier spelling Caub ) in Rhineland-Palatinate . During this period, sculpture was part of the Soft Style .

history

The sculpture, dated 1410–1420, is 135 cm high, carved from linden wood with colored frames. It was originally in the St. Nicholas Church in Kaub, but was probably lost when the Reformation was introduced (1560). In 1924 a Frankfurt art dealer sold them to the Hessian State Museum in Kassel .

After the Second World War, the Kauber parish and the local Heimatverein tried to repurchase the sculpture; however, the Hessian State Museum did not want to sell them. Since 1998 there has been a copy made on site by Wieland Graf in the St. Nicholas Church in Kaub , whereby the lost crown has been reconstructed.

Due to the renovation work in the Kassel Museum Department "Applied Art", in which the sculpture was presented until 2008 as part of the permanent exhibition "Schatzkunst 800-1800", the original will probably not be accessible to the public again until 2013.

description

The Madonna standing on a red pedestal wears a white robe with gold borders, the folds reveal parts of the coat lining, which is blue. On her left arm she carries the Christ child, to whom she turns her face, her right hand grasps the outstretched right foot of the child who has crossed her legs. The hair of Mary and child and (in the copy) the reconstructed crown are golden like the color of the borders.

The typical elements of the soft style include the falling folds, the gently smiling gaze of the Madonna and the playful movement of the Christ child.

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