The exhibition includes the oldest and most valuable medieval artworks from Estonia and Latvia, including a sculpture of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child (1270s) from the Kaarma church and a sculpture of the Virgin Mary in childbirth (second half of the 14th century) from Vormsi. The latter is an iconographic rarity in the context of Europe. Two sculptures from the Ruhnu church, which date back to the early 14th century and are currently in the National History Museum of Latvia, will be exhibited for the first time in Estonia. A sandstone statue of the mourning Virgin Mary (ca 1400), which is one of the most beautiful medieval sculptures in the Baltic countries, comes from the same collection.

Photo: Stanislav Stepaško