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Relief with Enthroned Virgin and Child surrounded by Angels

ca. 1425–40
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 305
Musical angels herald the heavenly coronation of the Virgin in this elegant and refined carving. Its original context is uncertain, but it was possibly made as an independent devotional image or as part of an altar decoration.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Relief with Enthroned Virgin and Child surrounded by Angels
  • Date: ca. 1425–40
  • Geography: Made in Veneto or Friuli, Italy
  • Culture: North Italian
  • Medium: Limestone (Wackestone from Veneto or Friuli), traces of polychromy
  • Dimensions: 32 1/4 × 23 3/4 × 5 7/8 in., 200 lb. (81.9 × 60.3 × 14.9 cm, 90.7 kg)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Stone
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Irwin Untermyer, 1973
  • Object Number: 1974.126.4
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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