Beautiful Virgin Mary from Krużlowa

The Beautiful Virgin Mary from Krużlowa is a Gothic sculpture made from linden-tree timber, found 1889 in a Catholic church in Krużlowa Wyżna (Lesser Poland Voivodeship) by Władysław Łuszczkiewicz and Stanisław Wyspiański.

[1] The sculpture belongs to the so-called soft style of International Gothic art, and it is an example of a beautiful Madonna.

This piece shows the Virgin Mary with a nude Baby Jesus holding an apple.

The sculpture was found by the two artists[clarification needed] in a very bad condition, coated with a three layers of oil paint,[clarification needed] partially exposing the wooden base.

In 1940 the sculpture was requisitioned by the German occupation forces and was posed in the office of the Nazi governor Hans Frank at Wawel Royal Castle.