# Enthroned Madonna and Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Catalan]() - Date: 1101-1150 - Technique: Painted wood, height 53 cm ## Commentary In the early Middle Ages there arose one of the most widely used sculptural forms of the Romanesque period: the enthroned Madonna and Child. It is often compared to the icons in Byzantine art because there is a strict hieratic quality to its frontality. Even the child who either sits or stands in front of Mary, emphasizes this moment of severity which did not begin to disappear until around 1200, with the increasing depiction of Mary turning towards the child. This example comes from the church in Ger \(Girona province\). ## Related artworks - [Altar frontal]() - [Christ and the Twelve Apostles \(detail\)]() - [Christ and the Twelve Apostles]() - [Christ in Majesty and Apostles]() - [Coronation of Mary]() - [Crucifix]() - [Nativity]() - [Scenes from the Life of Jesus]() - [St Anne with the Virgin and the Child]() - [Tomb of Don Sancho Saiz de Carillo \(detail\)]() - [Tomb of Don Sancho Saiz de Carillo \(detail\)]() - [Tomb of Don Sancho Saiz de Carillo \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()