# Madonna with the Child Enthroned \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TURA, Cosmè]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Oil on wood, 239 x 102 cm ## Commentary The central panel of the Roverella altarpiece is startling in its combination of sculptural intensity with unexpected colour combinations. The usually neutral Renaissance architectural elements, for example, here alternate between green and pink, while the shell above the Virgin's throne is surprisingly fluid in design. At the top of the throne, statues of the symbols of the four evangelists join winged putti and cornucopias from which dangle bunches of grapes. ## Related artworks - [A Muse \(Calliope?\)]() - [A Muse \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(from the predella of the Roverella Polyptych\)]() - [Alfonso d'Este]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of August: Triumph of Ceres]() - [Allegory of July: Triumph of Jupiter \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of July: Triumph of Jupiter]() - [Allegory of June: Triumph of Mercury \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of June: Triumph of Mercury]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()