宝座上的圣母与圣婴

法国

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 304

在这件木雕作品中,圣母紧紧搂住坐在她腿上的耶稣,这一构图反映了这不仅仅是一位母亲与儿子的雕像,它强调了圣子作为神的智慧化身的角色。为了增进这一要旨,耶稣原本可能手捧着一册书。圣母衣服上有节奏的纹路、框住脸颊的精致面纱以及存留下来的颜料痕迹,尤其是绿坐垫上的颜料,都使这件雕像传达出一种严峻的美。这种雕像曾是敬奉物品,被人抬着行进在教会的游行队列中。这件雕像可能曾是装圣骨的容器,它有两处中空的地方,一处在圣母的肩膀后,另一处在她的胸腔。

Virgin and Child in Majesty, Walnut with paint, tin relief on a lead white ground, and linen, French

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