Today is the feast of the Annunciation, and to mark this feast I present you, briefly and succinctly, with this Madonna with the Christ-child from the Church of Enebakk in Akershus, Eastern Norway. The sculpture was one gloriously painted, and traces of red can still be seen on Mary's dress. It is most likely form Norway, and is roughly dated to the period c.1230-c.1250. It is a testament to the notably high level of woodcraft in thirteenth-century Norway, and one among several Madonna sculptures that survive from the period.
The sculpture is currently housed at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, but is currently in storage awaiting the reopening of the museum's medieval exhibition. Its former house, Enebakk Church, is a surviving structure from the medieval period. At the time of writing, I have not yet been there, but I hope to have a chance to visit soon.
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