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Wooden Sculpture of Hildegard of Bingen by Mari Andriessen

Mari Andriessen · 1922

A 1922 wooden sculpture depicting Hildegard of Bingen, created by Dutch sculptor Mari Andriessen.

A 1922 wooden sculpture honoring Hildegard, showing her veneration beyond Germany.

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A wooden sculpture depicting Hildegard of Bingen, located in a church.
Mari Andriessen, wooden sculpture of Hildegard of Bingen, 1922.

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What it is

This photograph shows a wooden sculpture of Hildegard of Bingen made in 1922 by the sculptor Mari Andriessen. It is located in a church in the Netherlands.

Why it matters

This early 20th-century artwork shows how Hildegard's memory was honored in art long before recent decades, and reflects the spread of her veneration beyond Germany, where she lived and worked. It reveals how different artists across time have imagined her image.

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  • Why might a Dutch sculptor in the 1920s have chosen to depict a German abbess who died centuries earlier?
  • What does the choice of wood as a material suggest about the artwork's purpose or setting?
  • How might this depiction differ from how Hildegard might have actually looked, since no contemporary portrait of her survives?

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