The Madonna of Bruges is a marble sculpture by Michelangelo of Mary with the Child Jesus.. Michelangelo's depiction of the Madonna and Child differs significantly from earlier representations of the same subject, which tended to feature a pious Virgin smiling down on an infant held in her arms.
By artist Michelangelo Buonarrotti (1475-1564), in the Church of Our Lady, Bruges, Belgium. Michelangelo’s depiction of the Madonna and Child differs significantly from earlier representations of the same subject, which tended to feature a pious Virgin smiling down on an infant held in her arms.
Madonna of Bruges by Michelangelo. The Madonna of Bruges is the only sculpture by Michelangelo to leave Italy during his lifetime. It was purchased in 1506 by a rich textile merchant from Bruges and later bequeathed to that city.
The majority of these statues are of the Madonna with Child. This Wikipedia article states “Images of the Madonna and the Madonna and Child or Virgin and Child are pictorial or sculptured representations of Mary, Mother of Jesus, either alone, or more frequently, with the infant Jesus.
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The Madonna of Bruges is a marble sculpture by Michelangelo of Mary with the Child Jesus. Michelangelo's depiction of the Madonna and Child differs significantly from earlier representations of the same subject, which tended to feature a pious Virgin smiling down on an infant held in her arms.
The Bruges Madonna and Child (height 49 inches, depth 28 inches, width 24 inches. Early in 1504, even as the David received its finishing touches, Michelangelo was already at work on a free-standing marble statue of the Madonna and Child.
Bruges The Church of Our Lady ( Dutch : Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk ) in Bruges , Belgium , dates mainly from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. Its tower, at 115.6 metres (379 ft) in height, remains the tallest structure in the city and the second tallest brickwork tower in the world (the tallest being the St. Martin's Church in Landshut , Germany).
The Madonna and Child was then purchased by Jan Van Moeskroen, a wealthy Belgian cloth merchant and brought to Bruges a few years later. It is now known as The Madonna of Bruges and has been on display in a side chapel in The Church of Our Lady (Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk) since the Moeskroen Family donated the work in 1516.
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