Coronation of the Virgin

Colors in this work

Artist: Fra Angelico
Date: 1434–1435
Medium: tempera; poplar panel
Holding institution: Uffizi Gallery
Palette: Oiled Oak · Brown family · #8C5722 · 24%

Saffron Fiber · Yellow family · #CFA84C · 17%

Lemon Tempera · Yellow family · #EFD87D · 17%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #B28239 · 12%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #35323F · 8%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #603511 · 7%

Charred Umber · Black family · #261D14 · 5%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4A3C32 · 5%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #472B10 · 3%

Aged Bronze Brown · Brown family · #6F553B · 2%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #3E3F26 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #9A3216 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #746675 · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #6B4549 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #313939 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #0B060A · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #C2B0BB · <1%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #CEE2D8 · <1%

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Image provider: wikimedia-commons
License: Public domain
Credit: Uffizi Gallery

12 tags

Deities and Holy Figures Both · 99%

The title identifies a Christian coronation scene, and the image visibly depicts Christ and the Virgin surrounded by haloed sacred figures.
Saints Both · 96%

The image shows a large assembly of haloed figures, including clerical and saintly-looking figures, while the title identifies the Virgin as the central subject.

Early Renaissance Both · 95%

The catalog dates the work to 1434–1435, placing it in the early Renaissance period; the ordered sacred composition, gold-colored ground, and finely articulated figures are visually consistent with that period.

Radiating Lines Visual · 98%

Fine lines visibly radiate from the central enthroned figures across the broad semicircular field behind them.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 96%

The composition contains many closely rendered figures, patterned garments, haloes, instruments, and ornamental attributes.
Symmetrical Visual · 90%

The figures and attributes are arranged around a strong central vertical axis, producing a broadly bilateral and ceremonially ordered composition.
Dense Composition Visual · 98%

Numerous overlapping or closely spaced figures fill the shallow pictorial space, especially along the lower and lateral portions of the panel.
Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 96%

The image combines saturated blue, red, green, and orange garments with a luminous gold-colored ground and bright haloes.

Painting Both · 99%

The catalog classifies the work as a painting, and the image visibly shows a painted figurative composition on a rigid panel support.

15th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the painting from 1434 to 1435, within the fifteenth century.

Wood Metadata · 99%

The supplied medium is tempera on a poplar panel; poplar is a wood support.

Christian Art and Architecture Both · 99%

The title and imagery identify the work as a Christian devotional scene, with haloes, crosses, sacred books, clerical vestments, and angelic or saintly figures.

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