Which piece of artwork was produced in the Middle Ages? A painting of the Madonna and child. Mary, the mother of Jesus, is seated on a throne with her infant son in her lap. He has a halo around his head. People are standing around the throne, looking at the 2 people. They are also wearing haloes. The painting has a flat, stylized, stiff quality. A painting of a man sitting casually in a chair, smoking a pipe and reading a newspaper. A painting of a woman and a young child in a field on a partly cloudy, windy day. The woman is wearing a light colored dress and holds a parasol.