2. Gallery Index
  3. 2019 Europe Museums
  4. Germany
  5. Museum Island, Berlin
  6. Bode Museum

Shrine Madonna, cross inside a circle

Bode Museum

Carved Altarpieces Southern Germany

Shrine Madonna

Upper Rhine (Germany), 

End of the 13th century

poplar, painted, 

Acquired in 1918 as a gift of James Simon, 8035

By opening the image of Mary with the Christ Child one would have seen a Trinity located in the now empty center; this is a depiction of God the Father enthroned, holding the crucified Christ before him, with the dove of the Holy Ghost usually placed between them. The faithful could thus experience how, through Christ becoming flesh in the body of the Virgin Mary and through his sacrifice, the redemption of mankind came into the world.

Supplementary images:

Detail of the Shrine Madonna, cross inside a circle, located in Bode Museum.
Taken on  Tuesday 06th of August 2019
Device: Google
Model: Pixel 3 XL
Source:  Berlin, Germany
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