3696969 Shrine of the Virgin, closed panel, 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. ).