Anonymous
Last quarter of the 12th century
This image comes from the old church of Santa Maria of La Rodona, demolished in 1781, which had a circular ground plan and stood in a square opposite the main front of Vic Cathedral. The Virgin is portrayed as a Basilissa of the Byzantine court with a mantle decorated with an edge of precious stones covering her head, on top of which she must have worn the crown. The figure of the Child, almost lost, had a new head added during the 19th century. It is a sculpture endowed with great beauty thanks to the stylised canon of its body and the serene ex
Room 4 , Floor 0
4 Romanesque Art
5-6-7-8 Gothic Art
Vic workshops
Last quarter of the 12th century
Poplar wood polychromed in tempera
75 x 29 x 15 cm
From the church, no longer standing, of La Rodona in Vic (Osona)
MEV 17143