Coronation of the Virgin

The Coronation of the Virgin is a tempera on wood (112x114 cm) preserved in the Uffizi in Florence and datable to around 1432.

There is also another Coronation of the Virgin in the Louvre by the same author, dating from 1434-1435.

In an abstract gold background linked to medieval tradition, a miniature paradise unfolds in the center of which the scene of the coronation of the Virgin by Christ is taking place, highlighted by the golden rays fan-shaped all around, symbols of divine light.

In reality, this is the moment immediately following the coronation, because the Virgin already has the diadem in her head, to which the hand of Christ seems to be about to add another gem.

The colors are bright and crystalline, with a refined polychrome between the harmonious tones of the clothes and draperies.

Great attention is paid to the details of each saint and angel.

The typically Renaissance element is the spatial scheme, which suggests depth through the gradual reduction of the figures placed in a circle and through the sloping perspective of the plane of clouds below.