Golden Madonna of Essen

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Marian statue Ottonian artwork religious icon sculpture

The Golden Madonna of Essen is an early 11th-century gilded wooden statue of the Virgin Mary and Child, considered the oldest surviving sculpture of its kind in Western Europe and a masterpiece of Ottonian art.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Golden Madonna of Essen canonical	2
Goldene Madonna von Essen	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Marian statue ⓘ Ottonian artwork ⓘ religious icon ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	masterpiece of Ottonian art ⓘ oldest surviving sculpture of the Virgin and Child in Western Europe ⓘ
artPeriod	Ottonian Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Ottonian art
associatedWith	Matilda of Germany, Abbess of Essen ⓘ surface form: Abbess Mathilde of Essen Imperial Abbey of Essen ⓘ surface form: Essen Abbey
country	Germany ⓘ
creatorCulture	Ottonian Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Ottonian
culturalSignificance	symbol of Essen and its cathedral chapter ⓘ
dateOfCreation	early 11th century ⓘ
depicts	Child Jesus ⓘ surface form: Christ Child Virgin Mary ⓘ
earliestDate	c. 1000 ⓘ
function	liturgical object ⓘ object of veneration ⓘ
genre	Marian devotional image ⓘ
hasPart	gold sheet covering ⓘ inlaid details ⓘ wooden core ⓘ
heritageDesignation	treasure of Essen Cathedral ⓘ
iconography	Theotokos enthroned with Child ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
languageOfNativeName	German ⓘ
latestDate	c. 1020 ⓘ
locatedIn	Essen ⓘ Essen Cathedral Treasury ⓘ North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ
material	gold leaf ⓘ wood ⓘ
nativeName	Golden Madonna of Essen self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Goldene Madonna von Essen
notableFeature	gilded wooden core ⓘ three-dimensional Marian image ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
style	Ottonian Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Ottonian early medieval ⓘ
subjectHeading	Virgin Mary and Child in art ⓘ
technique	gilding ⓘ
title	Golden Madonna of Essen self-link ⓘ
usedFor	Marian feasts ⓘ pilgrimage devotion ⓘ

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Ottonian Renaissance → notableWork → Golden Madonna of Essen ⓘ

Golden Madonna of Essen → title → Golden Madonna of Essen self-link ⓘ

Golden Madonna of Essen → nativeName → Golden Madonna of Essen self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Goldene Madonna von Essen