This exceptionally fine sculpture is almost identical to the Virgin of the Choir from the Charterhouse of Miraflores (Burgos). The Virgin enthroned and crowned as Queen of Heaven appears as the new Eve, active in man’s redemption after the original sin of Adam and Eve, who are depicted on the arms of the throne. Gil de Siloé was the principal sculptor at the court of Queen Isabel la Católica.
Wethey, H. E., Gil de Siloé and his school. A study of late Gothic sculpture in Burgos, Cambridge, 1936, pp. 55.
Reyes y mecenas: los Reyes Católicos, Maximiliano I y los inicios de la Casa de Austria en España, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, 1992, pp. 276-277 n. 2.
Calzada Toledano, J.J., 'El tema de la Inmaculada en Gil de Siloé. La Virgen con el Niño en la Cartuja de Miraflores' En:, Actas del Congreso Internacional sobre Gil de Siloé y la Escultura de su época (Burgos 1999), Burgos, 2001, pp. 395-401.
Silva, Pilar, Donación Várez Fisa, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2013, pp. 36-37 n.12.
Silva, Pilar, 'Gil de Siloé. La Virgen entronizada con el Niño' En: Museo Nacional del Prado. Memoria de actividades 2013, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2014, pp. 50-52.
Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2854.
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