The Coronation of the Virgin

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The Virgin is in the sky and the Trinity is present. God the Father is placing a crown of 12 stars around her head and she holds the sceptre towards Christ. The dove, the symbol of the Holy Ghost, is above. Cherubs hold aloft a sphere which may be the moon, a symbol of the chastity of the Virgin, and others hold the Cross. The Virgin is seen here as the 'Woman of the Apocalypse'. She has features mentioned in Saint John the Evangelist's Revelations which refer to the Immaculate Conception, an important cult in Spain in the seventeenth century.

The painting was bought by William Bankes (1786–1855) in Spain in 1814 from a convent in Granada.

National Trust, Kingston Lacy

Wimborne Minster

Title

The Coronation of the Virgin

Date

c.1652

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 269 x W 167.5 cm

Accession number

1257079

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Ralph Bankes, 1981

Work type

Painting

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Wimborne Minster, Dorset BH21 4EA England

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