Enthroned Virgin and Child
This enthroned Virgin and Child triumphant over two dragons reflects the image from the Book of Psalms (91:13): “Thou shalt walk upon the asp and basilisk and thou shalt trample under foot the lion and the dragon.” The lively facial expression and the emphasis on heavy drapery forms are characteristics of stone sculpture at the Cathedral of Regensburg, in Bavaria, at the end of the thirteenth century. Recent
conservation has revealed the best preserved of several paint layers, dating to the Baroque era.
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