The Coronation of the Virgin

1480/1490

German 15th Century

Associated Names
The image shows three male figures and a central female figure from the waist up, seated in a triangular arrangement. The two male figures on the sides extend their right arms towards the female figure's head, holding parts of a crown above her head. Both men have halos. The figure on the left has shoulder-length brown hair and a beard, and the figure on the right has gray hair and a beard. They are dressed in long robes, with the left figure in a brown robe and the right figure in a deep red mantle over a green garment. The central female figure has long blond hair and wears a blue and gold robe over a beige dress, with a halo over her head. An additional figure, likely a dove with outstretched wings, is seen above the crown in the sky. The background is off-white with a hint of blue, enclosed in an orange border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut in brown, hand-colored in red lake, blue, tan, green, rose, gold, orange

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.797

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 732, State c


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anton W.M. Mensing; Sotheby's, December 16, 1936, lot 228.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 81, repro.

Bibliography

1926

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.

1965

  • Field, Richard S. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965.

Wikidata ID

Q64953386

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