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Column with Reliefs illustrating the Life of Christ, commissioned by Bishop Bernward for St. Michael's church in Hildesheim

ViewOverall view in setting
SiteHildesheim (Lower Saxony)
LocationGermany
Dateca. 1015-1022
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodOttonian
Materialbronze
Dimensions3.75 m high
Saskia No.Kga-0218
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 16, plate 26
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 13, plate 19