The Glorification of the Virgin

The Glorification of the Virgin
Dutch: De verheerlijking van Maria
Artist Geertgen tot Sint Jans
Year c. 1490–1495
Location Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

The Glorification of the Virgin (Dutch: De verheerlijking van Maria)[1][2] is a 15th-century painting attributed to Geertgen tot Sint Jans. The painting was made in circa 1490–1495 and was originally part of a diptych.[3]

It shows the Virgin Mary holding Jesus and surrounded by three rings of angels.

The panel is in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Netherlands.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 The Glorification of the Virgin 1490-1495, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Retrieved on 28 February 2015.
  2. ↑ (in Dutch) De verheerlijking van Maria 1490-1495, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Retrieved on 28 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Kermer: Studien zum Diptychon in der sakralen Malerei: von den Anfängen bis zur Mitte des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts: mit einem Katalog. Düsseldorf: Dr. Stehle, 1967 (Phil. Diss. Tubingen 1966), Kat.–Nr. 140 A, Abb. 180 A, 180 B.
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