Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints  1525

In this triptych, Mary, crowned as the queen of heaven, is surrounded by female saints in an enclosed garden (called a [i]hortus conclusus[/i]) evoking paradise. Singled out on the left wing is Saint Ursula, thought to have been a British princess who set out on a pilgrimage to Rome, only to be martyred along with her throng of companions, depicted here at a miniature scal...