Encounters with Images of the Madonna
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Madonna of the Thumb Italy, Formerly kept at Shumon-gura, Nagasaki Magistrate Office, 17th century (Important Cultural Property)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room T1
August 4, 2009 (Tue) - September 6, 2009 (Sun)>> detailed information
This exhibition is centered around images of the figure known in Christianity as the Virgin Mary, or the Madonna.
Exhibit includes:
Madonna of the Thumb, Italy, Formerly kept at Shumon-gura, Nagasaki Magistrate Office, 17th century (Important Cultural Property)
Madonna and Child (Copy), and Cormorants on a Rock, By Shimomura Kanzan, Ca. 1904 (Gift of Mr. Yamamoto Tatsuro)
Madonna (Copy), Original: Naumburg Cathedral, Germany, 19th century (Gift of Berlin State Museums)