Art historians, over the past few decades, have cast doubt upon the story of Sabina Von Steinback. They base their doubts on a number of discrepancies, including a re-examination of the now lost inscription on scroll held by the figure of St. John, the sculpture attributed to Sabina. Art historian Leslie Ross, in her "Artists of the Middle Ages" (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003), argues that Sabina’s story likely was created to further romanticize her supposed father’s story. For while there is no doubt Erwin von Steinback did exist, so little is known about him that he, in fact, had to be "discovered". Ross writes: