# Shrine of St Elizabeth of Hungary [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, German]() - Date: 1201-1250 - Technique: Copper and gilt, 135 x 187 x 63 cm ## Commentary Built to house the relics of St Elizabeth of Hungary, Countess of Thuringia, canonized in 1235, the shrine is designed as a hall-like building with a transept. Possibly Thuringian or Saxon drawings were used as models. The shrine continues the tradition set by the great Rhineland shrines of the Romanesque period. ## Related artworks - [Agraffe with a Depiction of the Virgin and Saints]() - [Altar frontal]() - [Amulet]() - [Arm reliquary of St Lawrence]() - [Arm Reliquary]() - [Book cover]() - [Book Cover]() - [Book Cover]() - [Book cover]() - [Book Cover]() - [Bust reliquary of Charlemagne]() - [Candelabra with seven arms]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()