Angelic Salutation (Stoss)

Tucher commissioned craftsman Jakob Pulmann to design and install an iron candelabra holding a miniature statue of Mary in order to illuminate Stoss's work.

It had long been thought that the covering was imposed by iconoclasts, however the 20th-century discovery of a document drawn up by Tucher finds mention of payment for the cloth indicating that the shroud was part of the original design.

A 1756 record reveals that because the Lutheran theologian Andreas Osiander "preached against this image and called the Mary a golden milk-maid a green coverage was made for it.

"[5] In the late 1520s Angelic Salutation was seen as merely devotional with no liturgical purpose; it celebrated Mary rather than Jesus and was centered on the rosary which fell out of favour with the Lutherans.

Yet the Angelic Salutation was allowed to remain - albeit shrouded - in a public area,[7] an indication of the city of Nuremberg's pride in its heritage.