Puccio di Simone worked in Florence around 1350. The Coronation of the Virgin is the central panel of a polyptych, which probably consisted of five panels and a predella. The Gemäldegalerie in Berlin has two side panels, portraying St Catherine and St Laurence respectively, in its collection. The panel in Ghent looks quite modern for its time because of the lavish use of gold embellishment. Christ is depicted placing a golden crown on the head of his mother, the Virgin Mary, which was a very popular theme in Christian art. At their feet six angel musicians celebrate the apotheosis of Mary’s life. In keeping with medieval tradition, the angels are much smaller, indicating their subordinate position in the hierarchy of figures. The decorative background and lack of perspective add a celestial atmosphere.
| Artist |
Puccio di Simone
RKD
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| Title | The Coronation of the Virgin |
| Date | ca. 1350 |
| Period | 14th century |
| Location | Florence TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | inscription below: AVE. MARIA. GRATIA. PRENANST. |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | tempera paintings AAT |
| Inventory number | 1903-A |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Hulin de Loo, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Brussels 1903 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1903-A |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/333/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
Iconclass
11D3 Christ as adult Iconclass 11F the Virgin Mary Iconclass 11G21 angels singing, making music Iconclass 11G25 angels in adoration Iconclass 22C311 nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things Iconclass 48C7321 lyre, cithara, psaltery Iconclass 48C733 keyboard instruments Iconclass 48C7351 flute, aulos, tibia Iconclass 48C7352 horn, trumpet, cornet, trombone, tuba Iconclass 73 New Testament Iconclass 73C public life of Christ: from his baptism until the Passion Iconclass 73E792 coronation of Mary by Christ Iconclass |
| School / Style | Proto-Renaissance AAT |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 104) |
| Primitivi italiani a Stoccarda / Roberto Longhi. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (jg. 1, p. 47, nr. 7) |
| Chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand (exposition itinérante 'Quarante chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand' Bruxelles, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 12 février - 6 mars 1949 ; Liège, 12 mars - 3 avril 1949 ; Luxembourg, 9 avril - 1 mai 1949 ; Lille, 14 mai - 12 juin 1949) / Georges Chabot, Paul Eeckhout. - Bruxelles : Editions de la Connaissance, 1949 (p. 2 [Orcagna]) |
| Guide du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, Orné de 52 reproductions de tableaux : Extrait du guide illustré de Gand / Jos. Casier. - Gand : Anc. Maison d'édition Vanderpoorten, 1949 (p. 19) |
| Italian Pictures of the Renaissance : A List of the Principal Artists and their Works with an Index of Places / Bernard Berenson. - Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1953 (p. 166) |
| Puccio di Simone / Jan-Pieter Ballegeer. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 18-19) |
| Puccio di Simone / Willy Laureyssens. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 332, nr. 707) |
| Puccio di Simone / Hans Devisscher. - [s.l.]. - [s.n.]. - [s.a.]. - [s.l.]. - [s.n.]. - 1986 (p. 52-54, nr. 2) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 150-152) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent = Museum of Fine Arts Ghent / Claudie De Guillebon, Jacques Ostier, Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Parijs : Association des Amis de "Musées 2000", 1989 (p. 12, 13) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 62 (ill. 90)) |
| Oude Meesters uit het Museum voor schone Kunsten Gent in de crypte van de Sint-Baafskathedraal. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2004 (s.p., cat. 1) |
| Het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : een keuze uit de mooiste werken / Patrick De Rynck. - Gent : Ludion, 2007 (p. 7 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 11, 139 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
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