Graf Dietrich von Brehna and Gräfin Gerburg

Graf Dietrich von Brehna and Gräfin Gerburg

Graf Dietrich von Brehna and his wife Gräfin Gerburg

The 12 donor sculptures (Stifterfiguren) of Naumburg Cathedral are the best-known works of early Gothic art in Germany. These life-size sculptures are very realistic and show fine details quite in contrast to the rough, idealized nature of other sculptures of the period.

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