Cover of a Reliquary Container with the Virgin and Child on the Crescent Moon
1480
- Medium
- Mother-of-pearl
- Dimensions
- Diam.: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- Ritual objects
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
religion15th centurysonsChildwomanJesusreligious figuresmother of pearlpearlwareVirgin and child/Madonna and childpearlreligious scenessculptureVirgin MaryRenaissanceChristian subjectsreligiouscarvingritual objectsboyssculptingChristianitygermansculpture techniquesmother