Constantinople
Virgin of the Golden Mantle
The Virgin Mary with the Child, on a gold ground
- Depicts
- The Virgin Mary with the Child, on a gold ground
- Tradition
- Byzantine
- Support
- Nordic pine panel
- Technique
- Chromography on wood, mixed technique polychromy
- Finish
- By hand, in our own workshop
- Dimensions
- 30 x 42 cm
- Panel thickness
- 1,8 cm
- Weight
- 1,8 kg
- Delivery time
- 21 days
The journey
The brocade of the mantle and the crackled ground remember the imperial workshops of Constantinople, where gold was beaten so thin that a leaf weighed less than the air that moved it.
How to read it
The two haloes overlap instead of separating, and the Child s sits inside his mother s. It is a compositional decision that says who belongs to whom.
When it is given
A piece for a larger gift. The one chosen when it is meant to be noticed.
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