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The Coronation of the Virgin

Maker

(Artists)
1370-1425

Title

Date of Production

c. 1388-90

Medium

tempera on panel, integral frame with gabled top

Dimensions

Height: 195 cm
Width: 154.7 cm
Depth: 12 cm

Accession Number

P.1966.GP.272

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

On display

Keywords

crowns (architectural elements)

Label Text

Shortly after completing this imposing work, the young Piero di Giovanni joined a monastic order and became Lorenzo ‘Monaco’ (‘monk’ in Italian). He remained Florence’s leading painter for many decades. As its shape suggests, the painting was made for the top of a large altarpiece, which once stood in the Church of San Gaggio in Florence. The crowning of the Virgin Mary as she reaches Heaven was considered an appropriate theme for this elevated position. Details such as the marble tiles and gold-embroidered cloth behind the throne would have been difficult to see high up in the church. However, the altarpiece was intended for God’s viewing as much as for the churchgoers’.

Provenance

Cardinal Fesch (1841 catalogue No, 2293); Fesch sale, Rome, 1845 (lot 1775); bought Bromley; Davenport Bromley sale, Christie's 13.vi.1863 (lot 148); purchased by Thomas Gambier Parry; by descent to Mark Gambier-Parry; Gambier-Parry Bequest 1966

Exhibition History

National Gallery (permanent display during closure), National Gallery, London, 14/09/2018-03/09/2021

National Gallery (to be displayed with permanent collection), National Gallery, London, 01/09/1997-01/06/1998

The Gambier-Parry Collection, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London

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