Vivarini, Bartolomeo

The Coronation of the Virgin

1460s

Category
Place Made
Italy: Venice
Materials
Tempera and gold leaf on linden wood panel
Measurements
framed: 41 3/4 x 30 1/4 in (106.05 x 76.84 cm)
Credit Line
The Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession #
61.67
Description

The culminating moment in the life of the Virgin after her assumption to heaven is her coronation as the queen of heaven, where she is crowned by her son Jesus Christ. Angels float above and behind in celebration and hold a cloth of honor behind the seated pair. The cloth works with the protruding ledge and shoes of the figures to push them forward into our space with remarkable immediacy.