Keywords: Lorenzo de Zaragoza - Madonna and Child on a Throne - Walters 37747.jpg Mary is here both virgin and mother She is Queen of Heaven holding her son but her long unbound hair is uncovered- appropriate to a young maiden The lilies further symbolize her virginal purity while the roses signify her motherly compassion Christ's dual nature is also revealed His robe is trimmed with ermine worn only by kings but he plays with his mother's winding spool According to popular pious meditations when the Holy Family reached Egypt Mary sewed and spun cloth to keep them from starving; like a good boy Jesus helped her Once the center panel of a large altarpiece this is one of the great Spanish works of the period The style is close to that of Gonzalo Pérez the major artist of the International Gothic in Valencia Influenced by Italian painting that of Valencia is more linear and flamboyant than Netherlandish art of the time between 1410 1420 Late Medieval tempera gold leaf on wood cm 222 9 116 2 16 5 accession number 37 747 28898 Louis Quer Barcelona Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1915 The International Style The Arts in Europe Around 1400 The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1962 place of origin Valencia Spain Walters Art Museum license 3D Medieval art in the Walters Art Museum Gonçal Peris Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Madonna and Child Flight into Egypt |