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Schutzmantelmadonna

Virgin of Mercy

Hilde Schürk-Frisch
1978

Description

Sculpture of a Schutzmantelmadonna - St. Mary protecting a group of children under her cloak. Hilde Schürk-Frisch placed not only children, but the whole of creation with dog, rooster, pig and the plant world under protection of the cloak.
On the back of the cloak is inscribed: "unter deinen schutz und schirm flienen wir" (beneath thy compassion, we take refuge), the first line of the 3rd century Christian hymn and prayer Sub tuum praesidium.

Herten - Schutzmantelmadonna

Sculptor

Hilde Schürk-Frisch (Ennigerloh 1915 - Münster 2008), German sculptress (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Stadt Herten, Kunstwerken im öffentlichen Raum, Sept. 2012 (PDF online).
Wikipedia, Liste von Kunstwerken im öffentlichen Raum in Herten.

Locatie (N 51°35'33" - E 7°8'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: denw1019; Photograph: 1 August 2022
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