Mourning Virgin

Austrian

On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 08

Carved almost in the round, this figure and that of John the Evangelist to the right of the door originally flanked a sculpture of Christ on the cross. The group was probably installed on a beam that spanned the width of a church choir. The figures reminded the faithful of the words in John's Gospel (19:26-27): "When Jesus therefore has seen his mother and the disciple whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman behold thy son. After that he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother."

Mourning Virgin, Wood and paint, Austrian

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Mourning Virgin, Wood and paint, Austrian
Mourning Virgin, Wood and paint, Austrian
Mourning Virgin, Wood and paint, Austrian
Mourning Virgin, Wood and paint, Austrian

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