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.

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St. Jerome

upper: St Jerome as a cardinal, St. Jerome and the lion and in the background merchants. lower: St Jerome in the wilderness kneeling before a crucifix, in front of him his lion and behind him his cardinal's robes. In the background a castle amid trees.

source: V&A website

Miniature Altarpiece: Crucifixion

Crucifixion of Christ between the two thieves in the central compartment, set before a vaulted space with four traceried windows. Numerous figures fill the fore- and middle-ground including the Virgin fainting at the foot of the cross with St John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene and six figures on horseback, including Longinus and Stephaton. In the vault above the Cross, almost obscured by the foliate border of the frame, is the half-length figure of God the Father.

Betrayal of Christ

In the foreground Judas kisses Christ, who is taken captive by a crowd of soldiers. On the ground lies Malchus with St. Peter beside him sheathing his sword, and three other apostles. In the background the Agony of Christ in the garden and the apostles asleep.

source: V&A website

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