Byzantine 13th Century, (painter), Madonna and Child on a Curved Throne, c. 1260/1280, tempera on linden panel, painted surface: 82.4 x 50.1 cm (32 7/16 x 19 3/4 in.), overall: 84 x 53.5 cm (33 1/16 x 21 1/16 in.), framed: 90.8 x 58.3 x 7.6 cm (35 3/4 x 22 15/16 x 3 in.), This painting and the, Enthroned Madonna and Child, are the oldest paintings on the National Gallery of Art’s walls. They may have been created by the same anonymous artist in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), then the capital of the Byzantine Empire. Panels such as these were highly influential in the development of Italian painting. They stand at the very beginning of the history of panel painting in Italy. Painting on wooden panel had not been common in medieval Europe as church decorations were mostly on the walls themselves, in fresco or mosaic. Painting on canvas came even later.
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Byzantine 13th Century, painter, Madonna, Child, Curved Throne, c. 1260, 1280, tempera, linden panel, painted surface
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