A tender Byzantine style Madonna and Child, rendered with a jewel-like palette and a devotional stillness. The composition is intimate and human, yet held within the formal language of iconography, gold light, halo, and timeless symmetry.

This panel is defined by its glowing gilded field and the saturated depth of the Madonna’s ultramarine robe, edged with fine patterning and delicate highlights. The gold background is not flat or sterile, it has that soft, worked luminosity that reads as candlelit and ceremonial, giving the whole piece a warm internal radiance.

The figures are arranged in a close, protective embrace, with the Child leaning in towards the Madonna’s cheek. Drapery is simplified and rhythmic, with folds that feel sculptural rather than fussy. Ochre and honey-gold garments bring warmth against the cooler blue, while the halos create a calm architectural frame around the faces.

As part of De Ferranti’s Frescoes and Iconography collection, the panel can be commissioned as a faithful facsimile or gently reinterpreted in scale, palette, and level of ageing. It works beautifully as a focus piece in an entry, stair landing, alcove, or within a calmer room where you want one object to quietly hold the space.