Virgin and Child in Majesty, wooden sculpture

A carved wooden seated figure shows the Virgin enthroned, her long mantle falling in deep parallel folds, with the Christ Child seated upright on her lap. Traces of old paint remain on the faces, hands and throne posts, and the pale wood is worn and darkened in places.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1175–1200

Medium

Walnut with paint, tin relief on a lead white ground, and linen

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1500 × 2000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1916