The Virgin and Child Enthroned (also known a Essays - Visual Arts

The Virgin and Child Enthroned (also known as the Thyssen Madonna ) is a small oil-on-oak panel painting dated c. 1433, usually attributed to the Early Netherlandish artist HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogier_van_der_Weyden" \o "Rogier van der Weyden" Rogier van der Weyden . [1] It is closely related to his Madonna Standing , completed during the same period. The panel is filled with Christian iconography , including representations of prophets , the Annunciation , Christ's infancy and resurrection , and Mary's Coronation . It is generally accepted as the earliest extant work by van der Weyden, one of three works attributed to him of the Virgin and Child enclosed in a niche on an exterior wall of a Gothic church. The panel is housed in the HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Thyssen-Bornemisza" \o "Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza" Museo Thys sen-Bornemisza , in Madrid. The panel seems to be the left-hand wing of a dismantled diptych , perhaps with the Saint George and the Dragon panel now in the National Gallery of Art , Washington, D.C. As an early van der Weyden, it takes influence from Robert Campin and Jan van Eyck . Van der Weyden served his apprenticeship under Campin , and the older master's style is noticeable in the architecture of the niche, the Virgin's facial type, her exposed breast and in the treatment of her hair.