Madonna and Child (Marcenais)

Madonna and Child in Marcenais (Photo by Jean-Auguste Brutails , around 1900)

The sculpture Madonna and Child in the Notre-Dame church in Marcenais , a French commune in the Gironde department of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region , was created in the Middle Ages . In 1981 the sculpture was added to the list of listed objects ( Base Palissy ) in France as Monument historique .

The color combined sculpture is made of stone. Mary with a crown on her head holds the baby Jesus on her left arm. Your left hands are touching. Both look at the viewer.

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Gironde. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-125-2 , p. 1379.

Web links

• Description and photos (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vierge à l'Enfant in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Coordinates: 45 ° 3 ′ 28 "  N , 0 ° 20 ′ 14"  W.