Enthroned Virgin and Child, ca. 1210–20, Made in Meuse Valley, France, North French, Oak with traces of polychromy, Overall: 48 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 19in. (123.2 x 51.4 x 48.3cm), Sculpture-Wood, Crowned as the Queen of Heaven, Mary is seated on a richly ornamented throne, while the infant Jesus holds an orb or apple and blesses. Mary also tramples a dragon in triumph—a visual reference to the Book of Genesis (3:15), in which God declares to the serpent, “I will put enmity between thee and the woman
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Enthroned Virgin, Child, ca, 1210–20, Meuse Valley, France, North French, Oak, traces, polychromy, Overall, 48 1/2 x 20 1/4 19in, 123.2 51.4 48.3cm, Sculpture-Wood, Crowned, Queen, Heaven, Mary, seated, richly ornamented throne, infant Jesus, holds, orb, apple, blesses, tramples, dragon, triumph— visual, reference, Book, Genesis, 3, 15, God declares, serpent, I will, enmity, thee, woman
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