Success for a 12th-Century Carved Madonna
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This sale dedicated to medieval and Renaissance art garnered keen interest from museums and resulted in the triumph of a Madonna in majesty. Paris region, last decades of 12th century. Virgin in Majesty, carved walnut with traces of polychromy, h. 67.5 cm/26.4 in. Sold for €106,600 The central composition together with Christ's frontal position, this Madonna and Child clearly still belongs to the 12th century. However, it is stylistically far removed from the Massif Central group of Madonnas. The fine facial features and radiating folds of the cloak on Mary's breast are also found in a small series of 12th-century Sedes Sapientiæ (Throne
