The 20-year old woman, richly dressed, holds the bridal wreath she will present to her betrothed at their engagement party. The dove symbolizes her purity. One of ten carved and painted panels in “Die weiblichen Lebensalter” (The Life-Cycle of Women), by Franz Maidburg, early 16th century. St. Annenkirche, Annaberg-Buchholz.

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