Door Carving at the Beguinages of Leuven

A small wooden carving is located on the entrance door to the Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk church in the Beguinage of Leuven.  If you look closely you will see that it is of a Madonna and child with the child at the mother's breast. This is a very early carving since after the 14th century, the Roman church did not allow such explicit depictions of the Madonna and child.