MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, German
(active around 1230)

Death of the Virgin

c. 1230
Stone
Cathedral, Strasbourg

This group is on the tympanum of west portal of south transept. It is the first clear example of first-class sculpture in Germany derived in style from France. The figures are dependent on the style of the best transept sculpture of Chartres Cathedral, with influence in the drapery and the grace of the figures from the intervening sculpture at Reims.