Virgin and Child Enthroned with Worshipping Angels and Prophets, ca. 1420 – 1430

Title

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Worshipping Angels and Prophets

Painter

• Gentile da Fabriano succession

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Late Middle Ages

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Poplar

Material

• poplar wood

Technique

• mixed technique

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1924

Genre

• devotional image
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• Christ Child
• Mary
• angel
• woman
• child
• man
• group of people

Persons Shown

• Christ Child
• Mary

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Stefano da Verona
• Michele Giambono
• Lorenzo di Giacomo
• Adam
• Eve

Primary

• 11FF4222 Mary sitting or enthroned, the Christ-child sitting on her knee (Christ-child to Mary's left) - FF - the Christ-child to Mary's right
• 11F4233(+0) Madonna in a tree (+ variant)
• 11I1 groups of prophets, usually holding books or scrolls (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi)

Secondary

• 22C311 nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things
• 11G19 lower angel(s)
• 31A2522 hands folded
• 41C653 fruit
• 25F711(BUTTERFLY) insects: butterfly