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Vierge à l'Enfant sur un trône

ca. 1175–1200
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304
Plus que la représentation d’une mère et de son enfant, cette composition où la Vierge tient fermement le Christ sur ses genoux met en lumière le rôle du Christ enfant comme personnification de la sagesse divine. Jésus tenait sans doute un livre, pour renforcer le message. La sculpture est d’une austère beauté, qui s’exprime dans les plis rythmés de la robe de la Vierge, la délicatesse du voile qui encadre son visage et les traces de peinture qui subsistent, notamment le vert du coussin. Objets de dévotion, les statues de ce genre étaient portées en procession. Celle-ci contenait probablement des reliques saintes. Elle est percée de deux cavités : l’une derrière l’épaule de la Vierge et l’autre, dans sa poitrine.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Vierge à l'Enfant sur un trône
  • Date: v. 1150–1200
  • Aire géographique: Auvergne
  • Culture: Français
  • Technique: Noyer, peinture, gesso et lin
  • Dimensions: 79,5 x 31,7 x 29,2 cm
  • Crédits: Don de J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916
  • Accession Number: 16.32.194a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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