Against a gold background, a man places a crown onto a woman’s head as they sit side-by-side on a wide throne surrounded by winged angels in this vertical painting. The arched area over the throne comes to a point, and is carved with leaves around the arch. The three-dimensional leaves are painted gold against the ocean-blue background. All the people and angels have pale skin with a greenish cast, though their cheeks are blush pink. They all have dark eyes, long, straight noses, and their small red mouths are closed. They all have long, wavy, blond hair except for the woman, Mary, whose…
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The Coronation of the Virgin

painter Master of the Washington Coronation (Italian, active first third 14th century)

1324

Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
painted surface (score lines to score lines): 99.3 × 77.4 cm (39 1/8 × 30 1/2 in.) ; overall: 108.3 × 79 × 1.5 cm (42 5/8 × 31 1/8 × 9/16 in.) ; framed: 115.3 x 86 x 8.9 cm (45 3/8 x 33 7/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Culture
Venetian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-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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