Image: SIMONE MARTINI Maestà (detail) 1315

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Description: Fresco, 99 x 85 cm (size of detail) Palazzo Pubblico, Siena Maestà, the Italian word for "majesty", designates an iconic formula of the enthroned Madonna with the child Jesus, whether or not accompanied with angels and saints. The Maestà is an extension of the "Seat of Wisdom" theme of the seated "Mary Theotokos", "Mary Mother of God", which is a counterpart to the earlier icon of Christ in Majesty, the enthroned Christ that is familiar in Byzantine mosaics.
Title: SIMONE MARTINI Maestà (detail) 1315
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