Madonna of Roudnice

The picture is painted in tempera on a lime-wood panel covered with canvas and a chalk base with an engraved drawing.

In the 18th century the entire picture was painted over and an opening for a relic was carved out in the place where the Madonna's gold clasp had originally been.

[1] It was Karel Chytil who, in 1925, drew attention to the picture's Gothic origin, finding a crown and embossing on the basis of a photographic image.

[5] The elegant faces and compositional integration of the mother and child, who turns and raises up his arms towards her, are the portrayal of sensitive emotion and maternal love.

The picture's gentle chiaroscuro modelling, sophistication of form, conception of the drapery and pure, radiant colour represent one of the most valuable examples of the International Gothic style.