Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Master Sculpture & Works of Art
Property of The Bass, Miami Beach to benefit the John and Johanna Bass Art Acquisition Fund
Probably Spanish, Romanesque, 13th century
The Virgin and Child Enthroned
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February 7, 08:37 PM GMT
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6,000 - 8,000 USD
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描述
Property of The Bass, Miami Beach to benefit the John and Johanna Bass Art Acquisition Fund
Probably Spanish, Romanesque, 13th century
The Virgin and Child Enthroned
gilt and polychrome wood
height: 21 ¼ in.; 53.97 cm
John and Johanna Bass Collection, New York, before 1963.
J. Liéveaux-Boccador and E. Bresset, Statuaire Médiévale de Collection, France 1972, fig. 205.
Miami, Bass Museum of Art, Human Rites, 25 June - 3 October 2010;
Miami, Bass Museum of Art, Open Storage: Selections from the Collection & Works on Loan, 26 July 2020 - 27 August 2023.
The present group belongs to a type of representation of the Virgin known as Sedes Sapientiae (the Throne of Wisdom), which was a popular depiction in European art from the 12th to the 15th centuries. The imagery emphasizes the Virgin's role as principal mediator between God and man.
In this sculpture, the Virgin is seated on a throne, adorned with the remains of polychromy and with the Child on her lap; both figures face the viewer with typically Romanesque formal bearings.
The present sculpture was included in Jacqueline Liéveaux-Boccador and Edouard Bresset's 1972 catalogue, Statuaire Médiévale de Collection.