ID: 901002218 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002218	Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

	Maestà (Christian theme)

Note: Theme of the Virgin Mary and Christ Child enthroned in the center with saints and angels in adoration to each side. It is an expansion on the theme of the Sedes Sapientiae (Throne of Wisdom).

Names:

	Maestà (Christian theme) (preferred,English-P,N)
	Maestà (Christian theme) (Italian-P,N)
	Virgin and Child in Majesty (Christian theme) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Christian allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
		............<Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary> (I)
		................Maestà (Christian theme) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Madonna and Child
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary, Madonna and Child (Christian theme)) [901000052]

	based on .... Sedes Sapientiae
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary, Sedes Sapientiae (Christian theme)) [901002217]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... theme
	.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... madonna in maestà'
	.....(visual works by subject type, visual works (works), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Maestà (Christian theme)
	................ICCD database (1988-)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	Virgin and Child in Majesty (Christian theme)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-)
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1914)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maest%C3%A0_(Duccio)#/media/File:Duccio_maesta1021.jpg