A woman wearing long robes and standing on an upturned, gold crescent moon is surrounded by twenty winged angels who lift her up, sing, or play musical instruments in this vertical painting. Below, a grassy landscape with rocky hills, a river, and buildings stretches into the distance. Along the top edge of the painting and smaller in scale, more angels surround two men sitting on a throne, holding a crown. All the people have smooth, pale skin, oval faces with small, delicate facial features, and long wavy hair. They wear fluttering, jewel-toned robes. The woman at the center, Mary, stands…
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Mary, Queen of Heaven

Master of the Saint Lucy Legend (Netherlandish, active c. 1480 - c. 1510)

c. 1485/1500

Medium
oil on panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface: 199.2 x 161.8 cm (78 7/16 x 63 11/16 in.) ; overall (panel): 201.5 x 163.8 cm (79 5/16 x 64 1/2 in.) ; framed: 220.03 × 182.88 × 9.53 cm (86 5/8 × 72 × 3 3/4 in.) ; framed weight: 92.987 kg (205 lb.)
Culture
Bruges
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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