The Coronation of the Virgin

The Coronation of the Virgin

c. 1380
Artist
Giovanni da Bologna, Italian
Work Locations: Venice, Italy
Active Years: 1360-1390
Object
painting
Medium
Gold leaf and tempera paint on panel
Accession Number
1961.155
Credit Line
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Giovanni da Bologna, The Coronation of the Virgin, about 1380. Tempera paint on panel; 49 ½ × 30 in. (125.7 × 76.2cm).  Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961.155

Dimensions
frame height: 49 1/2 in, 125.7300 cm; frame width: 30 in, 76.2000 cm
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
Known Provenance
Michelangelo Gualandi [1795 1865], Bologna, sold 1890. (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878 1955] Rome Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863 1955] on 1 January 1936; gift to the National Gallery of Art in 1939; deaccessioned 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift 1954 to Denver Art Museum, no. 1961.155. Provenance research is on-going at the Denver Art Museum and we will post information as it becomes available. Please e-mail provenance@denverartmuseum.org, if you have questions, or if you have additional information to share with us.

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