Viklau Madonna
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The Viklau Madonna is a late 12th-century wooden Madonna, probably made on Gotland in present-day Sweden. The statuette is one of the best-preserved 12th-century wooden statuettes from Europe. Named a
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Viklau Church on Gotland, where the sculpture was before being bought by the Swedish History Museum in 1928
The statue in Viklau Church in 1914
Alskog Church
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Alskog Church is a medieval church in Alskog on the Swedish island of Gotland. The church in its entirety dates from the 13th century, with the last additions probably being made c. 1300. A few altera
Viklau Madonna
…it has been connected on both stylistic and technical grounds with a group of wooden sculptures from Gotland, and the rood crosses in the churches of Alskog, Hemse and Väte, among others, were very probably made in the same workshop. The Madonna originally belonged to Viklau Church on Gotland, for which it…
Alskog Church, view of the exterior