Saint Ursula of Cologne and Four Virgin Martyrs, ca. 1500, South Netherlandish, Oak, polychromy and gilding, Overall: 14 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (36.8 x 12.1 x 9.2 cm), Sculpture-Wood, According to an early medieval legend, Saint Ursula and eleven thousand virgins were massacred by the Huns with arrows at Cologne. The saint originally may have held an arrow and a palm, signifying her martyrdom
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Saint Ursula, Cologne, Four Virgin Martyrs, ca, 1500, South Netherlandish, Oak, polychromy, gilding, Overall, 14 1/2 x 4 3/4 3 5/8, 36.8 12.1 9.2 cm, Sculpture-Wood, According, early medieval legend, eleven thousand, virgins, massacred, Huns, arrows, saint originally, held, arrow, palm, signifying, martyrdom
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