Neri_di_Bicci_-_The_Coronation_of_the_Virgin_with_Angels_and_Four_Saints_-_Walters_37675.jpg
Summary
Neri di Bicci : The Coronation of the Virgin with Angels and Four Saints ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q1452198
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Title |
The Coronation of the Virgin with Angels and Four Saints
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Description |
English:
On this altarpiece, Christ places a crown upon the head of his kneeling mother, the Virgin Mary, an act symbolic of their status as King and Queen of Heaven. The golden circle surrounding the couple has been engraved with different tools. This ornament suggests the music of the heavenly spheres (the movement of the planets believed to produce harmonies, which could not be heard by humans). Around the circle is a host of worshiping angels; below are Sts. John the Baptist, perhaps Augustine and his mother Monica, and Nicholas of Bari.
At the bottom of the panel, in the center, angels kneel on either side of a painted tabernacle depicting the Crucifixion. This section was cut and hinged to provide a recess in the altarpiece that may have housed the consecrated Host for use in the Mass. For more information on this altarpiece, please see Zeri catalogue number 54, pp. 87-89. |
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Date |
between circa 1470 and circa 1475
date QS:P571,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1475-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Renaissance
era QS:P2348,Q4692
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Medium | tempera and gold leaf on panel | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
Painted surface height: 205.7 cm (80.9 in); width: 201.6 cm (79.3 in); depth: 3.2 cm (1.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,205.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,201.6U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,3.2U174728
; Framed height: 215.3 cm (84.7 in); width: 215.9 cm (85 in); depth: 20.3 cm (7.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,215.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,215.9U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,20.3U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081
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Accession number |
37.675
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Place of creation | Florence , Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | [Transcription] In scroll held by John the Baptist: ECCE. AGNIVS. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum : Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission
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