Shrine of the Virgin

Unknown Artist

ca. 1300

Shrine of the Virgin by Unknown Artist

Medium

Oak, linen covering, polychromy, gilding, gesso

Dimensions

open: 14 1/2 x 13 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. (36.8 x 34.6 x 13 cm) Other (closed): 5in. (12.7cm) Other (figure of Christ): 9 5/8 × 3 13/16 × 1 9/16 in. (24.5 × 9.7 × 3.9 cm)

Classification

Sculpture-Wood

Culture

German

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Accession Number

17.190.185a, b

Tags

Adoration of the MagiAnnunciationNativityChristVirgin Mary

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