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Gold-ground panel painting of Christ crowning the Virgin Mary on a throne, surrounded by angels and saints, with musician angels below.

The Coronation of the Virgin

A gold-ground panel painting shows Christ crowning the Virgin Mary, who kneels on a cushioned throne before a halo of blue-green seraphim wings. Tiers of angels and saints fill the arched gold background, while angels in red and gold robes play instruments at the lower corners.

Artist
Niccolò di Buonaccorso
Date
ca. 1380
Medium
Tempera on wood, gold ground
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2632 × 4000 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1385).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Español: La coronación de la Virgen

Una pintura sobre tabla con fondo dorado muestra a Cristo coronando a la Virgen María, quien se arrodilla sobre un trono acolchado ante un halo de alas azul verdosas. Filas de ángeles y santos llenan el fondo dorado en arco, mientras ángeles con túnicas rojas y doradas tocan instrumentos en las esquinas inferiores.

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