Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Coronation of the Virgin
Image View:
Detail, pilasters of the frame with a total of ten prophets (two visible here)
Creator:
Lorenzo Monaco (Italian painter, ca. 1370-1425)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 no. 885
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.7684 11.2556
Date:
1414 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Late Gothic
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera on wood panel with gold
Technique:
gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
450 cm (height) x 350 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Angels; Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino; Benedictines; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; International Gothic
Description:
Signed and dated 1413 (1414 in the modern calendar), it was painted for the church of the convent of S Maria degli Angeli, Lorenzo's own monastery. Lorenzo was a monk of the Camaldolese Order ('monaco' means monk). The rather lengthy inscription indicates that he was still following the religious life, though he had been living outside the convent for around 18 years. In the upper center, in front of a Gothic ciborium from which angels look on, Christ places the crown on the head of his mother, who is dressed in the white of the Camaldolese habit. Crowds of saints, ten on either side (and all male, as befits a convent of men), witness the event. The predella features four stories from the Legend of St. Benedict flanking the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-LMONICO-COVS-A13
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Coronation of the Virgin