Pictured is a baroque statue of Madonna and Saint Bernard on the Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic. The sculptor was Matij Vaclav Jack, 1709. The Virgin Mary is in the center holding the infant Jesus in her arms and a sceptre. A kneeling St. Bernard, the founder of the Cistercian Order, is looking up to her on her right; an angel in front of him is holding an abbatial infula a head cover. On the left, there are angels holding the symbols of Jesus Christ`s suffering a cross, spikes, hammer and pliers, a rooster that crowed three times when Apostle Peter denied Christ, a veraicon a miraculous imprint of Christ`s face in Veronica`s scarf and dice with which soldiers played for Christ`s clothes.
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