They do not answer the question why the Montserrat figures are black. Perhaps a lost statue of Isis was located by ninth-century shepherds and assumed to be a Madonna and Child, in spite of the dark ...

He writes: It is thought that the present statue, known as the Black Madonna, was carved in 1466, after the third major fire, probably in Northern Switzerland or Southern Germany. It is a little under ...

There are numerous examples of icons, paintings, and wooden statues of the Black Madonna found in churches, cathedrals, and monasteries in Europe and beyond. But why are the Mother and Child ...

You may have heard about the Black Madonna of Częstochowa, but how about the Madonna of Skarbimierz enthroned on lions? Or the Shrine Madonna of Klonówka? And did you know that the oldest Polish ...