The Virgin and Child on a sculpted mural monument
Centraal Museum, Utrecht
Discover Church monuments
These resources will help you to find out more about all kinds of church monuments. There is a guide to web sites, lists of key books and recent publications, notes on symbolism and geology, and a glossary. Each month we feature a specific monument - the artistically splendid, the simple but beautiful, the quirky and curious.
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Monument of the month
Sic transit gloria: the cadaver monument to Wolfgang von Schleinitz zu Ragewitz (d. 1523), Afrakirche (St Afra’s church), Meissen (Saxony, Germany)
Afrakirche (St Afra’s church), Meissen
The Tomb of the Children of Anne de Bretagne, Queen of France and Duchess of Brittany.
Cathedral Saint-Gatien, Tours