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Panel from an Altarpiece: Coronation of the Virgin

A painting of a man and a woman sitting inside an ornate, gold full-bodied halo filled with the faces of angels and topped with a dove. The woman bows her head and the man lifts a crown with his right hand. In each corner of the composition, pairs of angels watch the man crowning the woman.

A painting of a man and a woman sitting inside an ornate, gold full-bodied halo filled with the faces of angels and topped with a dove. The woman bows her head and the man lifts a crown with his right hand. In each corner of the composition, pairs of angels watch the man crowning the woman.

Artist Vittore Crivelli (Italian, ca. 1444–ca. 1501)
Title Panel from an Altarpiece: Coronation of the Virgin
Date Ca. 1497
Medium Tempera on panel
Dimensions Framed: 34 7/8 × 32 5/8 × 3 3/4 in. (88.6 × 82.9 × 9.5 cm)
Support: 30 x 27 3/4 in. (76.2 x 70.5 cm)
Credit Line The Samuel H. Kress Study Collection, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 62.157

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Vittore Crivelli modeled his style on that of his older brother, Carlo Crivelli (ca. 1430/35–before 1495), whose work is more highly esteemed. Both brothers worked in a late Gothic style that emphasized clearly delineated forms and extensive use of gold leaf. Gold dominates the palette of this depiction of the Coronation of the Virgin—the crowning of the Virgin Mary as Queen of Heaven by Christ after her death—which was presumably once part of a larger altarpiece. Vittore Crivelli, though born in Venice, settled in the region of Le Marche, where he worked for ecclesiastical and noble patrons.


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