Gold and silver threads add life to this tapestry, often described as the finest surviving from the Middle Ages and early Renaissance. Everything indicates that this was an important commission:
Villars, prince de Martigues [1702-1770], Château des Aygalades, Bouches-du-Rhône
Cette composition simple ne doit à Rembrandt d’autre richesse que celle de lâ€
This Coronation of the Virgin may be the first time the subject, which originated in the West, appears in Venetian art. Some of the earliest representations were carved above cathedral doorways in France—and certain elements in the Gallery’s painting—its elaborate halos, for example—share in the decorative elegance of Gothic art.
Papastavrou, Hélène.
Collection: European Schools Excluding Italian (Oxford, 1977), 301 – 302; Hélène
Giotto ’s explorations and innovations in art during the early 14th century developed, a full century later, into the Italian Renaissance. Besides making panel paintings, he executed many fresco cycles—the most famous at the Arena Chapel, Padua—and he also worked as an architect and sculptor.
Edited by Hélène Verougstraete and Colombe Janssens de Bisthoven.
