Shrine
Object type: Shrine
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Augsburg
Artist: Matthias Walbaum|Anton Mozart
Artist bio: German, Kiel 1554–1632 Augsburg|German, Augsburg 1573–1625 Augsburg
Artist role: Maker|Artist
Artist nationality: German|German
Date: 1598–1600
Medium: Ebony, silver, gilded silver, gouache on parchment
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 16 15/16 × 7 1/4 × 4 1/8 in. (43 × 18.4 × 10.5 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver In Combination
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Annunciation|Bearing the Cross|Nativity|Visitation|Angels|Circumcision