ID: 901002606 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002606	Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

	Our Lady of the Rosegarden (Christian theme)

Note: Theme of the Madonna, usually portrayed with the Christ Child, in a rose garden or with a rose bush; the theme has many facets, as Mary is associated with the red rose that is symbolic of love, and the white rose symbolic of purity; Coelius Sedulius referred to Mary as a "rose among thorns," and the rose is the “queen of flowers."

Names:

	Our Lady of the Rosegarden (Christian theme) (preferred,English-P)
	Madonna del Roseto (tema della Vergine Maria) (Italian-P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Christian allegory, symbolism, theme> (P)
		............<Themes surrounding the Virgin Mary> (I)
		................Our Lady of the Rosegarden (Christian theme) (I)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Mary, Blessed Virgin
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, Mary, Blessed Virgin (Christian character)) [901000032]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... theme
	.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... rose (genus)
	.....(Rosaceae (family), Rosales (order), Rosanae (superorder), Magnoliopsida (class), Angiospermae (division), Plantae (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Our Lady of the Rosegarden (Christian theme)
	................New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition [online] (2003-)
	Madonna del Roseto (tema della Vergine Maria)
	................ICCD database (1988-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Bernardino_Luini%2C_madonna_del_roseto.jpg/405px-Bernardino_Luini%2C_madonna_del_roseto.jpg
	................ ICCD database (1988-)
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................ Wikipedia (2000-) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Michelino_da_besozzo_o_stefano_da_zevio%2C_madonna_del_roseto%2C_castelvecchio%2C_verona.jpg/800px-Michelino_da_besozzo_o_stefano_da_zevio%2C_madonna_del_roseto%2C_castelvecchio%2C_verona.jpg