Madonna of Michle Madonna of Michle The Michle Madonna is the work of an unknown sculptor called the "Master of the Michle Madonna" who probably worked in Brno or Prague during the second third of the 14th century. The name of the sculpture, brought from Brno in 1856, relates to its non-original location in the parish church in Michle from where it was purchased by the National Gallery in Prague. The sculpture of the Michle Madonna is 120 cm tall and is carved from pear wood. It bears traces of polychromy. It is the most important example of the linear-rhythmic style of carving,
Holly (name) Holly (name) Holly is an English-language surname and given name. Holly is a special name and known as an English or Irish surname (variant "Holley") it is either locational, ultimately derived from the Old English "hol lēah" "[dwelling by] the clearing by the hollow", or descriptive, from "hol-ēage" "hollow-eyed". In Ireland, it was also used as a translation of the name Mac Cuilinn, which is derived from "cuileann", the Gaelic name of the holly tree, and by extension sometimes of the similar-sounding McQuillan surname of Ulster. The masculine names "Holly, Hollie" were derived from the surname, but have mostly fallen