A woman and child sit on an ornate gold, curving throne in front of a shimmering gold background in this vertical painting. Two winged angels in roundels at the upper corners and the woman and child all have peach-colored skin with a gray cast. The woman tips her head toward the child, to our right. She has almond-shaped eyes, a long, straight nose, and her small lips are closed. She looks into the distance over the child’s head. She wears a scarlet-red mantle that covers her head and drapes over her shoulders and body. The azure-blue of her dress beneath is visible at her throat and over…
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Madonna and Child on a Curved Throne

painter Byzantine 13th Century

c. 1260/1280

Medium
tempera on linden panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 82.4 × 50.1 cm (32 7/16 × 19 3/4 in.) ; overall: 84 × 53.5 cm (33 1/16 × 21 1/16 in.) ; framed: 90.81 × 58.26 × 7.62 cm (35 3/4 × 22 15/16 × 3 in.)
Culture
Byzantine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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