Virgin and Child (copy)
by MAITANI, Lorenzo, Marble and bronze
The sculpture is on the central west portal of the Orvieto Cathedral. It is clear from it that Maitani moved away from the heritage of the Pisani. Here is poise and grace, a delicacy and refinement which at this time could only have been imitated from France. The style of the Madonna seems to reflect the influence not of contemporary work but of the most elegant and reticent sculpture of the period 1230-1240.