Madonna and Child 

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Eight Angels

Pietro Lorenzetti

Madonna and Child 

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Details

Date
1340
Holding institution
Uffizi Gallery
Image provider
wikimedia-commons
License
Public domain
Credit
Uffizi Gallery

Art Genome Taxonomy

10 tags

Subject Matter

  • Madonna and Child Both · 100%

    The title identifies a Madonna and Child, which are clearly depicted at the center of the composition.

  • The title identifies eight angels, and eight haloed winged figures are visibly arranged around the throne.

Visual Qualities

  • Symmetrical Visual · 96%

    The composition is organized around a strong central vertical axis, with the angel groups and throne elements balanced on either side.

  • Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%

    The image uses extensive surface decoration, including patterned garments, halos, throne panels, borders, and a lower inscription band.

  • Patterns Visual · 95%

    Repeated geometric and decorative motifs are visible across the gold ground, garments, throne panels, borders, and lower band.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Both · 99%

    The canonical classification identifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly presents a painted devotional panel.

  • Tempera Metadata · 99%

    The canonical medium specifies tempera.

Time Periods

  • 1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%

    The canonical date is 1340, within the catalog’s 1000–1400 CE period category.

Materials

  • 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

  • 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

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