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Saint Ursula and her Virgins
Hendrik Douverman, c. 1520
The Christian princess Ursula was murdered by Huns near Cologne together with her retinue of 11,000 virginal handmaidens. Some of them seek protection under Ursula’s gown in this sculpture. The saint is dressed as a well-to-do lady in the high fashion of the day: with a braided linen headdress and a ‘guimpe’ (a thin chemisette worn under a low-necked dress).
- Artwork typefigure
- Object numberBK-1975-70
- Dimensionsheight 92 cm x width 41 cm x depth 26 cm
- Physical characteristicseikenhout met sporen van polychromie