Saint Anne Enthroned with the Virgin and Child
Medium
Tempera and gold on wood
Dimensions
59 x 32 in. (149.9 x 81.3 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Coudert Brothers, 1888
Accession Number
88.3.82
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the radiant *Saint Anne Enthron with the Virgin and Child*, a masterful panel painting by the Osma Master, an anonymous active in medieval Spain. Crafted in tempera and gold on—a technique beloved in the Gothic era—this towering work (59 x 32 inches) captures a sacred family tableau: Saint Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary,roned in majesty with Mary and the Christ Child at her side. Delicate gold leaf bathes the scene in heavenly glow, symbolizing divine presence and elevating the earthly to the eternal. This European masterpiece, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Painting...