The Madonna Enthroned - Frari polyptych

Bartolomeo Vivarini headed the Vivarini workshop in Murano, one of the most productive painting enterprises in the Venetian territories during the fifteenth century. This The Madonna Enthroned - Frari polyptych was created around 1482 and is now held at the Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari The Madonna and Child was the most ubiquitous devotional subject of medieval and Renaissance art, present in every church and many private homes as a focus for prayer and spiritual contemplation.

Tempera on panel with Vivarini's characteristic crisp figure drawing and bright coloring. The work demonstrates the artistic qualities characteristic of Bartolomeo Vivarini's period.