Maestà (c.1280)

Cimabue (1240-1302)

Maestà (The Virgin and Child in Majesty surrounded by six angels)
c.1280
Tempera and gold on poplar, 427 x 280 cm
Musée du LouvreParis

Gable shape at the top. Original frame comprising twenty-six painted medallions: in the upper part, Christ and four angels, in the corners four evangelists, on the vertical uprights the twelve apostles and on the lower edge five saints including Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint John the Evangelist. (Louvre)