Miniature Altarpiece: Anna Selbdritt

A round relief of the Virgin and Child with St Anne. Below them are figures of a male and female donor at prayer desks, the man presented by St James the Greater, and the woman by St Michael. The relief is mounted in a silver miniature altar in the form of a triptych, with hinged semi-circular wings. The console is pierced with a quatrefoil diaper. The wings are decorated with foliate designs. The top has an escutcheon with the head of a cherub, topped by a figure of God the Father.

-from V&A site

Biblical Scenes

Jesse tree (2 sides parallel to blade); Annunciation above; Expulsion below: (broad face 1); Last Supper above; Abraham & Melchisedek below (broad face 2); Arrest of Christ above; Joab and Amasa (?) below (broad face 3); Crucifixion above; Brazen Serpent below (broad face 4); Annunciation to the Shepherds; Nativity (blade)

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