Reliquary Bust of Saint Margaret of Antioch
Nicolaus Gerhaert
1465–1475
- Medium
- Wood with traces of 19th-century polychromy
- Dimensions
- 50.8 × 45.5 × 29.6 cm (20 × 18 × 11 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- reliquary
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
religion15th centurypaintpolychromewomanpainting (coating)walnutCrownsvesselsreligious figuresplant materialDevotionreliquarywoodworkingsculptureSaintswood (plant material)Christian subjectsbust/headreligiouspolychromycarvingorganic materialSaint MargaretChristianitysculpture techniquesbusts