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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Saints; Virgin and Child

left scene: seated Saint Andrew with his cross flanked by seated saints Catherine with a sword (l) and Barbara beside a tower (r), each of whom holds a book; right scene: standing Virgin and Child with a male and a female donor kneeling in prayer to either side, with a blank escutcheon above each donor

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