Master of the Dominican Effigies
Florentine, active c. 1328–1350
Florence, Italy
A Vision of the Celestial Court

Resplendent in gold and brilliant color, Christ and the Virgin Enthroned with Forty Saints offers an extraordinary glimpse into the devotional imagination of fourteenth-century Florence.

At the summit of the composition, Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary are enthroned in majesty, presiding above a magnificent assembly of saints. Below them, the celestial company gathers in ordered ranks, their halos creating a shimmering field of sacred gold.

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