Tomb Relief

This tomb plaque commemorates Ulrich and Elisabeth von Erbach, the children of Count Eberhardt Schenck von Erbach and his wife Elisabeth. The plaque marked the tomb of both brother and sister, and is inscribed with their names and dates of death on a scroll that unfurls around them to form the border of the relief. Ulrich appears to be a youth, not old enough to be a knight, but perhaps in training, and thus his feet rest on a lion, an allusion to the heraldic symbol above his head and an artistic device representing strength and courage, virtues expected in a warrior. The young siblings are depicted in the height of civilian finery and 14th-century fashion.