anonymous
Maria met het Christuskind
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Maria met het Christuskind” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
The Virgin sits with the Christ Child on her lap. Not only is she the mother of Jesus, here she is also the sedes sapientiae (seat of wisdom) – thus the throne on which is seated Christ, who represents divine wisdom. Together with the crucified Christ, this was one of the earliest subjects of free-standing sculpture in the Middle Ages.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- BK-1954-40
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
