A woman sits on a wide, high-backed throne with a child on her lap against a gold background in this vertical painting. Their peachy skin is deeply shadowed with greenish gray. To our left of center, the woman’s body nearly fills the panel as she sits with her shoulders angled slightly to our right. She tilts her head in that direction as she gazes at us from the corners of almond-shaped, hazel eyes under arched brows. She has a slender face with a long nose and a petite coral-red mouth. A marine-blue mantle covers her head and wraps around her body. The mantle has fallen open at the…
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Enthroned Madonna and Child

painter Byzantine 13th Century

c. 1250/1275

Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 124.8 x 70.8 cm (49 1/8 x 27 7/8 in.) ; overall: 130.7 x 77.1 cm (51 7/16 x 30 3/8 in.) ; framed: 130.5 x 77 x 6 cm (51 3/8 x 30 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Culture
Byzantine
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Otto H. Kahn
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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