Our Lady

“Madonna and Child” by Michelangelo it now sits in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges, Belgium.

This sculpture was smuggled by German soldiers when the retreat from Belgium in world war II. It was discovered in 1945 in Altaussee, Austria within a salt mine and again returned to Belgium.

Madonna and Child, by Michelangelo

2 thoughts on “Our Lady

  1. a escultura é magnífica … e a história como a foi reencontrada também! vejam o filme “The Monuments Men” de 2014!

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    1. O filme é, igualmente, fantástico! Obrigada pela nota :-)!

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