Madonna and Child Enthroned with Eight Angels
Madonna and Child
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Details
- Artist
- Pietro Lorenzetti
- Date
- 1340
- Medium
- gold; panel; tempera
- Holding institution
- Uffizi Gallery
- Palette
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- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- Uffizi Gallery
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Madonna and Child Both · 100%
The title identifies a Madonna and Child, which are clearly depicted at the center of the composition.
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Deities and Holy Figures Both · 100%
The title identifies eight angels, and eight haloed winged figures are visibly arranged around the throne.
Visual Qualities
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Symmetrical Visual · 96%
The composition is organized around a strong central vertical axis, with the angel groups and throne elements balanced on either side.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%
The image uses extensive surface decoration, including patterned garments, halos, throne panels, borders, and a lower inscription band.
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Patterns Visual · 95%
Repeated geometric and decorative motifs are visible across the gold ground, garments, throne panels, borders, and lower band.
Medium and Techniques
Time Periods
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1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%
The canonical date is 1340, within the catalog’s 1000–1400 CE period category.
Materials
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Gold Both · 98%
The canonical medium specifies gold, and the image visibly shows extensive gold decoration in the ground, halos, borders, garments, and throne.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Christian Art and Architecture Both · 99%
The Madonna and Child, halos, angels, throne, and devotional presentation establish an explicitly Christian subject and visual context.
Source & rights
Pietro Lorenzetti. Google Arts & Culture — 3wFuot4bhawurA
High-resolution sources
- Original image ↗ 2,932 × 3,623 · Wikimedia Commons · Availability not yet probed