In the Church of Our Lady of the Pottery attached to the Pottery Museum BV dated 1676, painting of Moeder van Regula van Spaignen, Virgin with totally black face and hands holds white Christ Child. In courtyard of Capuchin Church in Boeveriestraat, N-D de Lorette, standing statue of Mary Mother of God, without child, black wood, recently restored and repainted.
Tourist office says it was blackened by time and the elements.
In church of Ste. Elizabeth, N-D de Spermalie, wood, repainted. In church of Sainte Gudule, Sainte-Marie Liberatrice. In Church of St. Martin, Our Lady of Hal, BV in majesty suckling the Infant Jesus, early 13th century, walnut. In Church of St. Bertin, tiny BV and child half-way up an oak tree.