3619781 Shrine of the Virgin, c.1300 (gilded wood) by German School, (13th century); 36.8 x 34.6 x 13 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Oak, linen covering, polychromy, gilding, gesso Devotional shrine manifesting belief in the Incarnation, by which God united both human and divine in Jesus. Closed, it is a statuette of the enthroned Virgin Mary nursing the infant Jesus. Opened, it is transformed into an altarpiece with a sculptural representation of the Trinity of which only God the father remains (Christ and the dove of the Holy Spirit are lost) Painted scenes of the Nativity decorate the wings. ); German, out of copyright.