The Coronation of the Virgin
c. 1475
Painter, Florentine, 1457 - 1504
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 9
Artwork overview
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Medium
tempera and oil on poplar panel
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 90.5 x 222.9 cm (35 5/8 x 87 3/4 in.)
framed: 99.1 x 229.9 x 7.6 cm (39 x 90 1/2 x 3 in.) -
Accession
1943.4.36
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William Blundell Spence [1815-1900], Florence, by c. 1860; sold February 1861 to William Schomberg Robert Kerr, 8th marquess of Lothian [1832-1870], Newbattle Abbey, Dalkeith, Scotland;[1] by inheritance to his brother, Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th marquess of Lothian [1833-1900], Newbattle Abbey; by inheritance to his son, Robert Schomberg Kerr, 10th marquess of Lothian [1874-1930], Newbattle Abbey; by inheritance to his cousin, Philip Henry Kerr, 11th marquess of Lothian [1882-1940], Newbattle Abbey;[2] (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, Paris); sold 1940 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[3] gift 1943 to NGA.
[1] See John Fleming, "Art Dealing in the Risorgimento. Part 3," The Burlington Magazine 121, no. 918 (September 1979): 571 n. 28. According to a letter from Spence to the marquess of Lothian, dated 9 February 1861, preserved in the Scottish Record Office in Edinburgh (SRO GD 40/9/407/11), the panel was at that date already in the latter's possession; see Robert M.G. Wenley's written communication of 4 December 1989 in NGA curatorial files.
[2] The panel is still cited as belonging to the collection of the marquess of Lothian in Bernard Berenson, The Drawings of Florentine Painters, 2nd rev. ed., 3 vols., ed. Fern Rush Shapley, Chicago, 1938: 2:147; presumably it was sold shortly after the death of the 11th marquess in 1940.
[3] Fern Rusk Shapley, Catalogue of the Italian Paintings, 2 vols., Washington, D.C., 1979: 1:260. See also The Kress Collection Digital Archive, https://kress.nga.gov/Detail/objects/2110.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1865
International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Dublin, 1865, no. 103 (under Paintings).
1883
Works of Old Masters, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1883, no. 539.
1885
Exhibition of Works by the Old Masters. Winter Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1885, no. 235, as by Filippo Lippi.
1893
Exhibition of Early Italian Art From 1300 to 1550, New Gallery, London, 1893-1894, no. 80, as by Filippo Lippi.
Bibliography
1869
Crowe, Joseph Archer, and Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle. Geschichte der italienischen Malerei. 6 vols. Leipzig, 1869-1876: 3(1870): 84, as Follower of Filippo Lippi.
1885
Phillips, Claude. “Exposition d’oeuvres des maîtres anciens à la Royal Academy.” Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 31 (1885): 272, as by Botticelli.
1886
Crowe, Joseph Archer, and Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle. Storia della pittura in Italia dal secolo II al secolo XVI.. 11 vols. Florence, 1886-1908: 5(1892): 241, as possibly by Fra Diamante.
1894
Ulmann, Hermann. “Photographische Reproductionen in der New Gallery in London.” Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 17 (1894): 490, as Follower of Botticelli.
Richter, Jean-Paul. “Die Austellung italienischer Renaissancewerke in der New Gallery in London.” Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 17 (1894) 239.
Phillips, Claude. “Expositions d’hiver a la Royal Academy et à la New Gallery de Londres.” Gazette des Beaux-Arts 11 (1894): 355, 356, as Workshop of Filippo Lippi, perhaps with the young Botticelli.
Ffoulkes, Constance J. “Le esposizioni d’arte italiana à Londra.” Archivio Storico dell’Arte 7 (1894): 156, as School of Filippo Lippi, close to Botticelli.
1899
Berenson, Bernard. “Amico di Sandro. Part 1.” Gazette des Beaux-Arts 41, no. 21 (1899): 466, as by Amico di Sandro.
1900
Plunkett, George N. Sandro Botticelli. London, 1900: 103, as Workshop of Botticelli.
Berenson, Bernard. The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance, 2nd ed. New York and London, 1900: 97, as by Amico di Sandro.
1901
Berenson, Bernard. The Study and Criticism of Italian Art. London, 1901: 51-54, repro., as by Amico di Sandro.
1905
Reinach, Salomon. Répertoire de peintures du moyen âge et de la Renaissance (1280-1580). 6 vols. Paris, 1905-1923: 1(1905): 496, repro., as School of Botticelli.
1909
Berenson, Bernard. The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance, 3rd ed. London, 1909: 101, as by Amico di Sandro.
1913
Graves, Algernon. A Century of Loan Exhibitions, 1813-1912. 5 vols. London, 1913-1915: 2:710
1923
Marle, Raimond van. The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting, 19 vols. The Hague, 1923-1938: 12 (1931):234, as by a pupil of Botticelli.
1932
Berenson, Bernard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. Oxford, 1932: 284.
1935
Scharf, Alfred. Filippino Lippi. Vienna, 1932: 79, 117, as School of Filippino Lippi.
1936
Berenson, Bernard. Pitture italiane del Rinascimento. Milan, 1936: 244.
1938
Neilson, Katharine B. Filippino Lippi, a Critical Study. New York, 1938: 28 n. 23.
Berenson, Bernard. Drawings of the Florentine Painters, 3 vols. Chicago, 1938: 2:147, no. 1321A .
1941
Duveen Brothers. Duveen Pictures in Public Collections of America. New York, 1941: nos. 108-109, repros.
Preliminary Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1941: 106-107, no. 537.
Frankfurter, Alfred M. “On the Italian Renaissance Painters in the National Gallery.” Art News 40, no. 3 (15-31 March 1941): 22, repro.
1942
Book of Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 250, repro. 130.
1944
Frankfurter, Alfred M. The Kress Collection in the National Gallery. New York, 1944: 31, repro.
1945
[Borenius, Tancred]. “Editorial: The New Kress Gift to the National Gallery, Washington.” The Burlington Magazine 86, no. 504 (March 1945): 56.
1950
Scharf, Alfred. Filippino Lippi, 2nd ed. Vienna, 1950: 10, 50, pl. 4.
1951
Oertel, Robert. “Review. Alfred Scharf, Filippino Lippi.” Kunstchronik 4 (February 1951): 37.
Galetti, Ugo and Ettore Camesasca. Enciclopedia della pittura italiana. Milan, 1951: 53, as by Amico di Sandro.
1954
Ferguson, George. Signs and Symbols in Christian Art. New York, 1954: fig. 28.
1957
Berti, Luciano, and Umberto Baldini. Filippino Lippi. Florence, 1957: 22, 75.
Salvini, Roberto. “Botticelli e Filippino.” In Cesare Brandi, et. al. Saggi su Filippino Lippi. Florence, 1957: 65
1958
Gamba, Fiametta. Filippino Lippi nella storia della critica. Florence, 1958: 54, 93, 103 n. 34, as by Botticelli.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 72, repro.
1960
Ragghianti, Carlo L.. “Filippino Lippi a Lucca, l’altare Magrini, nuovi problem e nuovi soluzioni.” Critica d’Arte 7 (1960): 40, as entirely by Botticelli except for the figure of God the Father, by Filippino Lippi.
1961
Berenson, Bernard. I disegni dei pittori fiorentini, 3 vols. Milan, 1961: 2:247.
1963
Berenson, Bernard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. Florentine School. 2 vols. London, 1963: 1:111.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 75.
1966
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Italian Schools, XIII-XV Century. London, 1966: 135-136, fig. 370.
1968
National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 66, repro.
1969
Fahy, Everett. “A Tondo by Sandro Botticelli.” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 4 (1969): 25 n. 8, as probably by Botticelli.
1972
Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections. Cambridge, MA, 1972: 106, 646.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 196, repro.
1976
Echols, Mary Tuck. “The Coronation of the Virgin in Fifteenth-Century Italian Art.” Ph.D. diss., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1976: 256.
1979
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings. 2 vols. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: 1:260; 2:pl. 176.
Fleming, John. "Art Dealing in the Risorgimento, 3." The Burlington Magazine 121, no. 918 (1979): 571, 579 n. 28.
1980
Ragghianti, Carlo L. “Galleria di Washington.” Critica d’Arte 45, nos. 154-156 (1980): 218-219, as Workshop of Botticelli.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 97, no. 56, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 229, repro.
Sutton, Denys. "Aspects of British Collecting, pt. 4." Apollo 122 (1985): 98-99, fig. 8.
1987
Horne, Herbert. H. Alessandro Filipepi commonly called Sandro Botticelli, Painter of Florence. Appendix III: Catalogue of the works of Sandro Botticelli, and of his disciples and imitators, together with notices of those erroneously attributed to him in the public and private collections of Europe and America. Edited by Caterina Caneva. Florence, 1987: 185, as by Amico di Sandro.
1991
Berti, Luciano, and Umberto Baldini. Filippino Lippi, 2nd ed. Florence, 1991: 64-65, 166, repro.
1996
Zambrano, Patrizia. “The ‘Dead Christ’ in Cherbourg: a new attribution to the young Filippino Lippi.” The Burlington Magazine 138, no. 1118 (May 1996): 324.
2003
Boskovits, Miklós, and David Alan Brown, et al. Italian Paintings of the Fifteenth Century. The Systematic Catalogue of the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 2003: 374-378, color repro.
2004
Zambrano, Patrizia, and Jonathan Katz Nelson. Filippino Lippi. Milan, 2004: 20, 80, 101, 103, 134-139, 205, 281 nn. 25 and 27, 288 n. 102, 321, 324, 326-327, 408, 560 n. 73, cat. 20, figs. 110, 114, 116, 120, as by Filippino Lippi and Botticelli.
Nelson, Jonathan Katz. “Filippino Lippi as Student, Collaborator, and Competitor of Botticelli.” In Daniel Arasse et. al., eds. Botticelli and Filippino: Passion and Grace in Fifteenth-Century Florentine Painting. Exh. cat. Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, 2004: 90-91, fig. 7, as by Botticelli and Filippino Lippi.
Boskovits, Miklós. “Una mostra su Botticelli e Filippino.” Arte Cristiana 92, no. 825 (2004): 411, as by Botticelli and Filippino Lippi.
2005
Cecchi, Alessandro. Botticelli. Milan, 2005: 68.
2023
Rinaldi, Furio. “‘The Rhythm of Line,’ or Botticelli’s Drawings.” In Furio Rinaldi, ed. Botticelli Drawings. Exh. cat. Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2023: 21, fig. 16.
Wikidata ID
Q20174149