Graf Dietrich von Brehna and Gräfin Gerburg

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by Henk Bekker

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.