MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, German
(active around 1230)

South portal

c. 1230
Stone
Cathedral, Strasbourg

The double portal leading to the south transept of the Strasbourg Cathedral, though Romanesque in style, is decorated with remarkable Gothic reliefs and statues. The large female jamb statues on either side (copies, the originals are in the Cathedral Museum) are allegorical figures.The delicately curved one on the right, blindfolded, symbolizes the Synagoga, while the one on the left a more solemn, forceful figure, represents the Ecclesia, the Church Triumphant. The central figure represents Solomon. The lunettes depict the Coronation and the Death of the Virgin.