The Glorification of the Virgin

The Glorification of the Virgin, c. 1490–1495. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

The Glorification of the Virgin (Dutch: De verheerlijking van Maria)[1][2] is a 15th-century painting attributed to Geertgen tot Sint Jans. It was painted c, 1490–1495 and was originally part of a diptych.[3] It shows the Virgin Mary holding Jesus and surrounded by three rings of angels.

Mary wears a crown lined by five white and one red roses. She is surrounded by a two golden radiant and glowing circle. The inner ring contains six angles holding the Arma Christi (instruments of the Passion of Jesus): the cross, spear, crown of thorns, tammer and nails, the whip and the a sponge soaked in vinegar. In the outer ring, musical angels play various instruments and wave bells.

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

References

  1. ^ a b 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.