The reference is to the trumeau of the mid-thirteenth century South Transept Portal of the cathedral at Amiens. The crowned Madonna has an angel at each side of her head. See Notebook M2 p.163 where the figures at the Academy Door in Venice and at Amiens are compared with similar figures at the cathedral of St. Maurice, Vienne.
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