Maestà (Orvieto Cathedral polyptych)

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Maestà (Orvieto Cathedral polyptych) is a celebrated early 14th-century altarpiece by Simone Martini depicting the enthroned Virgin and Child surrounded by saints and angels, exemplifying the elegance of the Sienese Gothic style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf altarpiece ⓘ
panel painting ⓘ
polyptych ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance important work in early 14th-century Italian painting ⓘ
key example of Sienese Gothic elegance ⓘ
artist Simone Martini ⓘ
artisticSchool Sienese school ⓘ
artisticStyle Gothic art ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Simone Martini ⓘ
culture Italian ⓘ
Sienese ⓘ
depicts Christ Child ⓘ
linked to: Child Jesus

Madonna and Child ⓘ
Virgin Mary ⓘ
angels ⓘ
enthroned Virgin and Child ⓘ
saints ⓘ
function altarpiece for Christian worship ⓘ
genre religious art ⓘ
hasPart central panel with the Virgin and Child ⓘ
side panels with saints ⓘ
upper register with angels or additional figures ⓘ
iconographicTheme Maestà ⓘ
inception early 14th century ⓘ
languageOfInscription Latin ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Orvieto ⓘ
Umbria ⓘ
locatedInTheCountry Italy ⓘ
location Orvieto Cathedral ⓘ
mainSubject Virgin and Child in Majesty ⓘ
materialUsed gold leaf ⓘ
tempera ⓘ
wood panel ⓘ
movement Sienese Gothic ⓘ
linked to: Sienese school
notableWorkOf Simone Martini ⓘ
period Trecento ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
significantPlace Orvieto Cathedral high altar area ⓘ
linked to: Orvieto Cathedral
subjectHeading Virgin Mary in Majesty ⓘ
saints in adoration of the Virgin and Child ⓘ
use liturgical ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Simone Martini → notableWork → Maestà (Orvieto Cathedral polyptych) ⓘ
Sienese school → hasNotableWork → Maestà (Simone Martini) ⓘ
linked to: Maestà (Orvieto Cathedral polyptych)
Palazzo Pubblico → notableWorkContained → Maestà by Simone Martini ⓘ
linked to: Maestà (Orvieto Cathedral polyptych)
Civic Museum of Siena → collectionIncludes → Simone Martini’s Maestà fresco ⓘ
linked to: Maestà (Orvieto Cathedral polyptych)
Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi → relatedWork → Maestà (Simone Martini) ⓘ
linked to: Maestà (Orvieto Cathedral polyptych)
Maestà (Orvieto Cathedral polyptych) → iconographicTheme → Maestà ⓘ
linked to: Maestà (Orvieto Cathedral polyptych)