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Recto: Coronation of the Virgin
Belisario Corenzioca. 1630
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Recto: The Virgin stands on a cloud in the center of the composition, holding a crown. She is surrounded on either side by visitors bearing gifts. In the background God the Father sits overlooking the scene. On the left a youth stands in veneration on top of a large monster head. Verso: young man’s head facing right.
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Details
- Title: Recto: Coronation of the Virgin
- Creator: Belisario Corenzio, Italian, active 1590–1646
- Date Created: ca. 1630
- Location Created: Italy
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and blue watercolor, white gouache on cream laid paper tipped into paper frame; verso: brush and gray, white gouache, graphite
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
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