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Coronation of the Virgin

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Coronation of the Virgin

Date:: ca. 1330–40
Geography:: Made in Westphalia, Germany
Culture:: German
Medium:: Oak with traces of polychromy
Dimensions:: Overall: 14 3/4 x 12 5/8 x 4 3/16in. (37.5 x 32 x 10.6cm)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number:: 41.100.150

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 305

Description

Images of the heavenly Coronation of the Virgin by Christ were often the central element of large altarpieces in fourteenth-century northern Europe.
Provenance

George and Florence Blumenthal, Paris and New York (until 1941)
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Sculpture (24,350)

Wood (7,651)

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Oak (1,089)

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Europe (148,586)

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Münster (8)

Westphalia (8)
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A.D. 1000-1400 (7,084)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,712)
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Central Europe (including Germany), 1000–1400 A.D.

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