The Coronation of the Virgin

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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The Virgin Mary is crowned by Christ, her son, after her ascension to heaven. The episode was very popular in Florentine painting, where it formed the central panel of polyptychs (multi-panelled altarpieces), usually flanked by images of saints. It has been suggested that two panels showing two standing saints – Peter and James on one, and Bartholomew and Anthony Abbot on the other (now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di San Matteo, Pisa) – were the original right-hand panels in this altarpiece. They may have been painted by a member of Gaddi’s workshop.

Close examination of the angels' wings reveals that individual feathers have been drawn by scratching through the pastel paint shades with a very fine sharp tool, revealing the gold leaf beneath.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

The Coronation of the Virgin

Date

about 1380-85

Medium

Egg tempera on wood

Measurements

H 183.6 x W 94.3 cm

Accession number

NG568

Acquisition method

Bought, 1857

Work type

Painting

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