The Coronation of the Virgin

The Coronation of the Virgin by Botticelli: The Jules Bache Collection, 1949

What to notice

Follow the wide horizontal gathering of saints toward the Virgin’s coronation; gold, patterned robes, and symmetrical groups turn doctrine into ceremonial splendor.

Discover

This late-fifteenth-century Florentine painting presents the Virgin’s coronation across a wide field of saints and angels. Tempera, patterned robes, and ceremonial symmetry translate the sacred hierarchy into a richly ordered visual assembly.