8. Polychrome painted wood group representing Saint Anne Trinitaire Flanders, Brabant, circa 1500 A polychrome carved wood group of Anna Selbdritt, Flemish, Brabant? circa 1500 resting on a wooden socle of later date, losses and restorations 30 cm wide, 73,5cm high, 82cm total high, (11 1/2in wide, 28 1/2in high, 32in total high) The sculpture illustrates the theme of Saint Anne, known as the Trinitarian Saint (in German, Anna Selbdritt), which was very popular in the Netherlands and Germany in the late Middle Ages because it brings together three people: Anne, her daughter the Virgin Mary and her grandson Jesus. The three figures follow the iconographic conventions in use, imposed by the symbolic nature of the representation: Anne, the grandmother, is dressed like a married or middle-aged woman, with a wimple forming a chin strap and a veil concealing her hair; her daughter Mary is a little girl with her hair untied. The Child Jesus, carried by Mary, grabs the fruit given to him by Saint Anne. The sculpture here shows a variant of the iconographic type of saint depicted standing, often symmetrically carrying the Virgin and Child on each of her arms. Literature S. Guillot de Sudioraut, Sculptures brabançonnes du musée du Louvre, Bruxelles, Malines, Anvers. XVe-XVIe siècles, Paris, 2001.