# Enthroned Madonna and Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Swiss]() - Date: 1101-1150 - Technique: Painted linden wood, height 91 cm ## Commentary Enthroned Madonna and Child c. 1150 Painted linden wood, height 91 cm Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich 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 Swiss example comes from Rarogne. ## Related artworks - [Alexander Danilovich Menshikov \(detail\)]() - [Alexander Danilovich Menshikov]() - [Portrait of a Man Aged 34]() - [St Agapitus of Praeneste in the Arena \(exterior\)]() - [St Remigius and the Burning Wheat \(interior\)]() - [St Remigius Replenishing the Barrel of Wine \(exterior\)]() - [The Beheading of St Agapitus of Praeneste \(interior\)]() - [Tomb effigy of François de Sarrà]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()