Description:
figure of Saint Paul with cross at lower left and Saint Andrew at lower right looking upward toward Virgin on a cloud with hands folded being crowned by two figures
Label Text:
Label text for ARH 240 French and Italian Drawings Renaissance through Romanticism, written by Carol Kaminsky:
This primo pensiero (first thought) combines the Mannerist style of Il Morazzone’s early training in Rome combined with the drama and religious intensity of his native Lombardy. The culminating scene of the Life of the Virgin, this Coronation portrays two realms: a celestial one, where the Virgin is crowned by Christ and God the Father, and an earthly one where each saint gestures in ecstasy. The two spheres are linked by an unidentified central figure: On the right, Saint Andrew holds the x-shaped cross upon which he was martyred and on the left Saint Paul holds a large book, a symbol of learning.
Tags:
men; women; royalty; religion; Christianity Link to share this object record:
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