La Vierge et l'Enfant trônant entre deux anges

La Vierge et l'Enfant trônant entre deux anges, at the Musée du Petit Palais in Avignon, shows the enthroned Virgin with the Christ Child flanked by two adoring angels—a format that combines the frontal solemnity of the Byzantine Maestà tradition with the more animated engagement of late-fifteenth-century devotional painting. Vittore Crivelli's treatment follows the conventions of his brother Carlo's influential style while adapting them to a somewhat lighter decorative sensibility. The Avignon collection's holdings of Vittore Crivelli allow his work to be studied in depth alongside related Italian regional schools.

The throne is rendered with architectural precision in the Crivelli manner, with elaborate carved details that give the sacred setting a material grandeur complementing the hierarchical importance of the figures. The flanking angels hold back curtains or garlands in a gesture that frames the central sacred group while demonstrating Vittore's skill with decorative motifs.