The coronation of the Virgin

Schut, Cornelis, I (1597-1655)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
1630-1635
Height:
229.2 cm  (90 1/4 in.)
Width:
203.2 cm  (80 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Unknown locationSold Christie's Amsterdam, sale 2702, 10/05/2006, lot 61

Description

The Virgin and Child are adored by numerous female saints. At the same time, Mary is crowned by two angels who are joined by several others flying above. Uncommon in such a scene is the inclusion of Joseph, who stares out of the painting to the right of Mary. The various saints can be identified by their distinguishing attributes. To the right is Saint Cecilia holding a portative organ. Behind her is Saint Dorothy catching flower petals in a basket. Saint Margaret kneels in the foreground, holding a dragon on a leash. On the left of the composition are Saint Catherine of Alexandria leaning on a large wheel, Saint Agnes cradling a lamb, and Saint Catherine of Siena wearing a crown of thorns.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin) (Non-musician/dancer)
Jesus Christ (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Joseph (born late 1st century BCE, died 1st century CE) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Cecilia (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Margaret of Antioch (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Dorothy (d. 311) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Catherine of Alexandria (ca. 282-ca. 305) (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Agnes (Non-musician/dancer)
St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Portative organ [2267]

Image URLs

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Christie's image

Bibliographic references

Riemsdijk, B.W.F. van. Catalogus der schilderijen, miniaturen, pastels, omlijste teekeningen, enz. in het Rijks-Museum te Amsterdam (Amsterdam: Roeloffzen-Hübner en van Santen, 1903) 245, no. 2183.

Wurzbach, Alfred von. Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon (Leipzig and Vienna: Halm und Goldmann, 1910) vol. 2, 592.

Overvoorde, J.C. "Korte beschrijving der Goudsche monumenten", Bulletin van den Nederlandschen Oudheidkundigen Bond 2/3 (1910) 98.

Knipping, John B. Iconography of the counter reformation in the Netherlands: Heaven on earth (Nieuwkoop: De Graff, 1974) vol. 1, 211. ISBN 9060043421.

Wilmers, Gertrude. Cornelis Schut (1597-1655): A Flemish painter of the high Baroque (Turnhout: Brepols, 1996) 100, 364, no. A38. ISBN 9782503504421.

RIdIM record id

3002