Shrine of the Virgin, c. 1300 (German), oak, linen covering, polychromy, gilding, gesso, open: 36.8 x 34.6 x 13 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art); a conversation with Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.
Additional resources
Shrine of the Virgin at The Met
Q&A about the Shrine of the Virgin at the University of Dayton
Elina Gertsman, Worlds Within (Opening the Medieval Shrine Madonna) (Penn State University Press, 2015)
Melissa R. Katz, “The Non-Gendered Appeal of Vierge Ouvrante Sculpture: Audience, Patronage, and Purpose in Medieval Iberia,” Reassessing the Roles of Women as ‘Makers’ of Medieval Art and Architecture vol. 7 (Brill, January 2012)
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