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LORENZO Monaco: Coronation of the Virgin

🖼 Coronation of the Virgin, 1407-09
Egg tempera on poplar
221 × 115 cm
London, United Kingdom

Celestial gold leaf frames the Virgin ascending toward Christ in hierarchical splendor, rendered in International Gothic elegance with intricate detail. This altarpiece established the iconographic template for Renaissance Coronation scenes, blending Byzantine formality with emerging naturalism that influenced generations of Italian painters.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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