Mary Salome and Zebedee right hand; he is expressively depicted as an elderly man with sunken cheeks, his gaze is fixed on the observer. He is dressed in a buttoned robe. Mary Salome and Zebedee Mary Salome and Zebedee by Tilman Riemenschneider (c.1460–1531) originally formed the right wing of an altarpiece showing the family of the Virgin Mary. The central scene would have shown St Anne seated with her daughter Mary and the Christ Child. Mary Salome was another daughter of St Anne, half sister of the Virgin and wife of Zebedee. Riemenschnieder was one of the most important sculptors in southern Germany in
Father Hesburgh and Father Joyce count, whoever they may happen to be. He had no way of knowing how much something like that would mean to her, both then and now. The holy spirit is very central to our lives and to go and see that sculpture again with my wife after it was built meant even more. It wasn’t just her being proud of her husband, she had a connection to the man.”’’ - Lou Cella Cella remembered that during the time he built the sculpture, “it was almost impossible to find someone who didn’t have profound love for Father Hesburgh and who he