Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Ognissanti Maestà
Alternate Title:
Virgin and Child Enthroned, Surrounded by Angels and Saints
Image View:
Overall view as displayed in museum; the large panel may have been a side altarpiece or a dividing screen for the choir
Creator:
Giotto (Italian painter, ca. 1266-1337)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 8344
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.7684 11.2556
Date:
ca. 1300-1305 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fourteenth century; Gothic (Medieval)
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera paint on wood panel; gold leaf
Technique:
gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
325 cm (height) x 204 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Angels; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Madonna
Description:
Mary, holding Jesus in her arms, is seated on a throne, like a queen. This is the iconography that gives rise to the title “Maestà” or “Majesty”, used to refer to this and other paintings with similar subjects. Ognissanti is the name of the church in Florence for which the painting was created. The Virgin is holding the Child, who is giving a blessing with his right hand, while in his left, he holds a rolled scroll, symbolizing knowledge. Around the throne is a pointed tabernacle, inlaid with different-colored marble, evoking the Gothic architecture of the 1300s. (Source: Uffizi Gallery [museum website]; https://www.uffizi.i t/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-GIOTTO-UG-MCEA-A 06
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Ognissanti Maestà