{{selectedLanguage.Name}}
Sign In Sign out
Action History
×
Home/ Artists / Art Nouveau / Alphonse Mucha/ Madonna of the Lilies

Madonna of the Lilies

Alphonse Mucha

Madonna of the Lilies

Alphonse Mucha
  • Date: 1905
  • Style: Art Nouveau (Modern)
  • Genre: religious painting
  • Media: oil, canvas
  • Location: Mucha Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
  • Dimensions: 247 x 182 cm
  • Shop for poster
    CANVAS PRINTS, AND MORE
  • Order Alphonse Mucha Oil Painting Reproduction
    Order Oil Painting
    reproduction
Article References ...
Article
References

In 1902, Mucha was commissioned to decorate a church in Jerusalem dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Shown here is the final version of 'Madonna of the Lilies', one of the murals for the church. The project was cancelled later for unknown reasons, so all that remains of this commission is this painting and earlier versions of it (Sakai City collection, Japan), as well as a design for a stained-glass window,' Harmony', which is also in the Mucha Trust collection.

According to Mucha's letter to his wife Maruška, he conceived the subject as 'Virgo purissima', thus depicting the heavenly vision of Madonna, surrounded with a mass of lilies, symbol of purity. The seated young girl in Slavic folk costume carries a wreath of ivy leaves, symbol of remembrance. Her serious expression and strong physical presence contrast with the ethereal figure of the Virgiin.

More ...

Madonna of the Lilies - Browse Works - Gallery - Mucha Foundation: www.muchafoundation.org
Tags:
female-portraits
  • Tag is correct
  • Tag is incorrect
Virgin-Mary
  • Tag is correct
  • Tag is incorrect
Mythology
  • Tag is correct
  • Tag is incorrect
Alphonse Mucha Famous works
Related Artworks
1-{{getCurrentCount()}} out of {{getTotalCount()}} LOAD MORE

Court Métrage

Short Films