The term "Maestà" is a quick way to refer to the "Madonna and Child Enthroned in Majesty." It was a fairly popular theme in Gothic art. There are six Maestà's at the Google Art Project:
Maestà, c. 1280, by CimabueThe most famous of all is, of course, the wonderful, double-sided, complex Maestà, c. 1308-10, by Duccio. It was made for the Cathedral in Siena, Italy, and today resides in the Cathedral's Museum. More on this work, perhaps, another day. :-)Maestà, late 1200s, by Master of Badia a Isola
Rucellai Madonna, c. 1285, by Duccio
Ognissanti Madonna, 1310, by Giotto
Maestà, c. 1315, by Simone Martini
Maestà, c. 1317, by Lippo Memmi.
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